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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-brec

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Dele: hláf-gebrec

sufel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sufel, es; n.
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Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge, R. Ben. 63, 10-15. Ðæt hiae simle ymb xii mónaþ gegeorwien tén hund hláfa and swǽ feola sufla, and ðæt mon gedéle tó ælmessan for míne sáwle, Chart. Th. 461, 11

Linked entries: ge-sufel syfling winter-sufel

ræce

Grammar
ræce, ræcu.
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Add: v. fýr-, hláf-ræce (-u)

þeorf

(adj.)
Grammar
þeorf, adj.

unleavened bread ⬩ fermento ⬩ of milk, ⬩ fresh ⬩ skim (? so Cockayne)

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unleavened, used substantively, unleavened bread Gehafen hláf fermentacius panis, ðeorf Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 15-16. Þeorf azimum, ii. 6, 8. Sýfernysse þearf sinceritatis azima, Hymn. Surt. 82, 31.

Linked entries: þærf þorof

syfling

(n.)
Grammar
syfling, e; f.

Food to be eaten with bread

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Ðǽr feóll ádúne wearm hláf mid his syflinge, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 18. Sind ða twá gesetnyssa, ðæt is sealmsang and wítegung, swylce hí syflinge wǽron tó ðám fíf berenum hláfum, ðæt is tó ðám fíf ǽlícum bócum, i. 188, 19

Linked entry: syflige

wixen

(adj.)
Grammar
wixen, adj.
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Of wax Hláf wexenne, Lchdm. iii. 210, 1

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.

Having a covering or crust [?]

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Holne hlaf tortam panis unius crustulam, Ex. 29, 33

smedemen

(adj.)
Grammar
smedemen, smedmen; adj.

Of fine flour

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Of fine flour Smedmen hláf similagineus panis Scint. 154, 1

ge-seóred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seóred, part. p.

Leavened

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Leavened Geseorid hláf acrizimus panis, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 62; Wrt. Voc. 41, 18

Linked entry: -seóred

ge-bacen

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Add: — Hláf þe sý mid smeruwe gebacen, Lch. i. 144, 18

ofer-gitol

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Ofergeotol ic eom eotan hláf mínne oblitus sum manducare panem meum, Ps. Vos. 101, 5. Add

ge-bærmed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bærmed, part. [ge, and pp. of byrman to ferment with barm or leaven]

Fermented ⬩ leavened ⬩ fermentātus

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Fermented, leavened; fermentātus Gebærmed hláf leavened bread; pānis fermentātus, Som. Ben. Lye

hlihhan

(v.)

to laugh ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ to laugh at ⬩ to laugh ⬩ to scorn ⬩ To laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ scorn

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Take here hlehhan in Dict., and add: to laugh Ic hlihe ridebo, Kent. Gl. II. Hlihcaþ rident Germ. 391, 17. Wearð micel gehlýd hlihhendra deófla, Hml. S. 31, 810. to have an emotion which may be expressed by laughing, to rejoice: Hió hlihð ridebit (mulier

Linked entry: hlehhan

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Eton þeorfe hláfas mid ðære lactucan ðe on felda wixþ edent azymos panes cum lactucis agrestibus, Ex. 12, 8. Etan þeorfe hláfas mid feldlícere lactucan, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 3.

ge-sprengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprengan, p. de; pp. ed

To sprinkle; ⬩ conspergere

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To sprinkle; conspergere Ðú nymst ánne hláf mid ele gesprengedne tolles unum panem oleo conspersum, Ex. 29, 23

ahse

(n.)
Grammar
ahse, an; f.

Ashes

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Ashes Forðon ahsan swá swá hláf ic æt quia cinerem tanquam panem manducabam, Ps. Spl. 101, 10: 147, 5

líf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
líf-líce, adv.

Vitally

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Vitally, so as to infuse life Hé genam ðá hláf and hine líflíce hálgode, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 10

heorþ-bacen

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His gebróðra worhton heom heorðbæcenne (axbakenne, v. l.) hláf (panem subcinericium), Gr. D. 86, 32. Add

soppian

(v.)

to sop

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to sop Genim hláf, geseóð on gáte meolce, soppige on súþerne [drenc], Lchdm. ii. 228, 31

be-cnedan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cnedan, pp. -cneden

to knead up

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to knead up Merces sǽd on hláf be-cneden oþþe on wín gegniden, Lch. ii. 248, 4

Linked entry: cnedan

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