Old English Dictionary Entry

Húsel-láf

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

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1 húsel-láf

f. What is left of the housel :-- Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa Frigedæg ... Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hé hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ... Let the priest go to the altar with what remains of the housel that he hallowed on Thursday, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 22. husel-laf

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚢᛋᛖᛚ-ᛚᚪᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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