Old English Dictionary Entry

And-leofa

Part of speech: -lifa (an-), an; Related words: an-leofa

Definitions

1 definitions

1 and-leofa

m. Sustenance, food:--Wesaþ þancfulle þon Hǽlende eóweres andleofan, Bl. H. 169, 16. Eal hé sealde búton ðone dæghwámlican andleofan þe hé néde big lifgean sceolde, 213, 20: Sat. 522. Eów andlifan syllan and eów eówre þearfe forgifan quae uictui sunt necessaria ministrare, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 11. Andleofan, 20. Hé him eallum hét dón andlifan genóhne, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 30. in Dict. and-leofa

Similar Words

-a
-an
-andwlatod
-anne
a

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚾᛞ-ᛚᛇᚠᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bl.: Blickling Homilies
Ll.: Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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