Mete-láf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mete-láf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 7. On ðíne meteláfa

Definitions

1 mete-láf

f. A remnant of food :-- Dǽlon ealle ða meteláfe let them distribute all the remnants of food, L. Æðelst. in reliquias ciborum tuorum, Ex. 8, 3. Ða metláfo reliquias, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20. mete-laf

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᛏᛖ-ᛚᚪᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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