Eorþ-scræf

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - eorþ-scræf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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eorþ-scræf
n. An earth-cavern, a grave; căverna, antrum, sĕpulcrum :-- Hie be hliðe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon, ðǽr Loth wunode they found by the slope of a high hill an earth-cavern, where Lot dwelt, Cd. 122; Th. 156, 27; Gen. 2595: Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 11; Kl. 28. Eardiaþ on eorþ-scræfum hăbĭtant in sĕpulcris, Ps. Th. 67, 7: Andr. Kmbl. 1605; An. 804. eorþ-scræf
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