Old English Dictionary Entry

Endleofan

Part of speech: endlufon, endlyfun, Related words: twelf. endleofan

Definitions

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1 endleofan

inflected cases of endleof, endluf, endlyf [end = an one; unus; leof=lif, from lífan to leave; relinquĕre, Grm. ii. 947, or end = án one; lif ten; dĕcem; existing in Teutonic languages only in the words for 11 and 12; A. Sax. end-lif and twé-lf = twá-lf= twá-lif, Grm. Gsch. §246] ELEVEN ; undĕcim = GREEK :-- Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra Osred held the kingdom for eleven years, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 20. Mid híra endlufon sunum cum undecim filiis, Gen. 32, 22. Endleofan steorran eleven stars, Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71; Th. 13, 3, col. 3. [Wyc. enleuene, enleuen, enleue: R. Glouc. endleve: Laym. elleoue, elleouen: Plat. elv, elwen: O. Sax. ellevan; Frs. alve, alue: O. Frs. andlova, elleva: Dat. elf: Ger. eilf, elf: M. H. Ger. einlif, einlef: O. H. Ger. einlif: Goth. ainlif: Dan. elleve: Swed. elfva: Icel. ellifu.]

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Runic Inscription

ᛖᚾᛞᛚᛇᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Goth.: Gothic
Icel.: Icelandic
O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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