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leóf

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leóf, as a form of address.
Wright's OE grammar
§137; §173; §208; §209; §218; §235; §276; §294; §426; §443; §444; §620;
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  • 'Hæfst þú ǽnig gedeorf?' 'Geá, leóf, ic hæbbe,' Coll. M. 20,

      11. 7.

  • Ealra manna hláford . . . wé biddað þínne cynescipe . . . hí under ðé, leóf, on yfele þurhwunedon,

      Hml. S. 23, 284.

  • Leóf, ic ðé cýðe hú hit wæs ymb ðæt lond,

      C. D. ii. 133,3.
  • Leóf, Æðelwold Ealdarman cýð his leófan cynehláforde hú ic wille ymbe ðá landáre, v. 333, 3.
to more than one person
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  • Wulfstán arceb grét Cnut cyning his hláford and Ælfgife þá hlǽfdian ; and ic cýþe inc. leóf. . . ,

      Cht. E. 232, 15.

  • Ðá cwæð hé tó heom eallum; 'La leóf, ic bidde eów',

      Hml. S. 23, 580, 720. v. leóf;
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leóf.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/54507.

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