EOFOR
- noun [ masculine ]
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Fornam hine eofor of wuda
extermĭnāvit eam ăper de silva,
- Ps. Spl. 79, 14;
- Ps. Th. has ,
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Hine útan of wuda eoferas wrótaþ
- 79, 13: Exon. 110b ;
- Th. 423, 8;
- Rä. 41, 18: 92a ;
- Th. 344, 20;
- Gn. Ex. 176 .
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Sele ðú him flǽsc eofores
give him boar's flesh,
- L. M. 2, 4;
- Lchdm. ii. 182, 14.
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II. the figure of a boar on a helmet; signum apri sŭper găleam Swýn eal-gylden, eofer íren-heard
the swine all-golden, the boar iron-hard,
- Beo. Th. 2228 ;
- B. 1112: 2660 ;
- B. 1328 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “EOFOR.” 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/9469.
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