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Slíf

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1 slíf

f. A sleeve: -- Slýf manica, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 70. Be slífan gebunden submanicatus, 21, 64. Slýfa manicae vel bra-chila, 25, 63. Slýfan manice, ii. 55, 23: 87, 58: bracile, 127, 14: manicas, 87, 43. Ǽghwelcere wunde beforan feaxe ad beforan sliéfan (sléfan, MS. B. : slýfan, MS. H. ) and beneoðan cneówe sió bót biþ twýsceatte máre (cf. 45 ; Th. i. 92, 20 for this double compensation when a wound was not concealed by the hair), L. Alf. pol. 66; Th. i. 96, 30. Synd gesealde from ðam abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, ðæt is cugele . . . slýfa (slýfan, MSS. O. T. ), gyrdel, R. Ben. 92, 3. Hé one hláf tóbræc and bewand on his twám slýfum, Homl. Th. i. 376, 30. Hé ðone hláf gedyde on his twá sléfan, Blickl. Homl. 181, 17.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛚᛁᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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