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CEAFL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CEAFL, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§261; §296;
A bill, beak, snout, jaw, cheek; rostrum, rictus, fauces, maxilla
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  • Se wída ceafl gefvlled biþ

    the wide jaw is filled,

    • Exon. 97b
    • ;
    • Th. 363, 26
    • ;
    • Wal. 59: Andr. Kmbl. 3403
    • ;
    • An. 1705.
  • Blódigum ceaflum

    with bloody jaws,

    • 318
    • ;
    • An. 159: Exon. 26a
    • ;
    • Th. 77, 5; Cri. 1252.
  • Dauid gewylde ðone wildan beran, and his ceaflas totær

    David subdued the wild bear, and tore apart his jaws,

    • Ælfc. T. 13, 26: 14, 2.
Etymology
Wye. chaul:
Laym. cheuel, chæfl, choul:
O. Sax. kaflðs, pl. m:
Dut. kevels, pl. f:
Ger. kiefcl, kifel, kiffel, m.
Derived forms
helle ceafl
Linked entries
v.  ceaclum.
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  • CEAFL, n.