Húfe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Húfe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

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1 húfe

f. A covering for the head :-- Húfe cidaris vel mitra, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 11; Wrt. Vcc. 40, 45. Biscopes húf flammeolum vel flammeum, 112; Som. 79, 88; Wrt. Voc. 59, 55. Húfan hættes mitræ, Lye. [Chauc. Piers P. houve: Prompt. Parv. howe, heed hyllynge tena, capedulum, sidaris; and see the note, p. 249: Scot. how a coif, hood: Icel. húfa a hood, cap, bonnet: O. H. Ger. húba mitra, thyara: Ger. haube.] hufe

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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