Hord-cófa

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

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hord-cófa

m. A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored [the breast, heart :-- Ðá æfter ðon ðá cégde seó hálige Mariæ tó eallum apostolum on hire hordcófan post hec vocavit Sancta Maria omnes apostolos in cubiculo suo, Blickl. Homl. 143, 34. Ðæt hé his ferþlocan fæste binde healde [MS. healdne] his hordcófan that he close fast his mind's coffer and preserve the treasury of his thoughts, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 14 [cf. 22]; Wand. 14. Hine mid ealle innancundum heortum hordcófan helpe biddaþ in toto corde exquirunt eum, Ps. Th. 118, 2. hord-cofa

Parole correlate: hord],