Old English Dictionary Entry

Cot-líf

Part of speech: es; Related words: 191, 13: 845, Kmbl. iv. 204, 31: 855, Kmbl. iv. 211, 25: 859, Kmbl. iv. 214, 6: 864, Kmbl. iv. 217, 7. He bohte feola cotlíf

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1 cot-líf

pl. nom. acc. -líf; gen. -lífa; n. [cot a cot, cottage; líf, II. a place to live in] A village; villa :-- Ðæt cotlíf the village, Cod. Dipl. 828; A. D. 1066; Kmbl. ihe bought many villages, Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 24. Hý forbærndon óðra cotlífa fela they burned many other villages, 1001; Erl. 136, 32. cot-lif

Similar Words

-cafstrian
-cirre
-clips
-cnáwe
-cnáwlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚩᛏ-ᛚᛁᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)

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