Hȳf

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hȳf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hȳf
Add :-- Tō hȳfen ad aluearium, An. Ox. 3822. Hȳfa cerea castra, i. aluearia, 113. Þes nāhte nāht ōþres tō his āgnum bryce būton feáwa hȳfa beona (pauca apum vascula), Gr. D. 229, 12 ; Angl. ix. 264, 15. ¶ the following glosses belong to passages referring to bees :-- Hȳfe gurgustio, i. cellula. An. Ox. 307. Hȳfa tuguria, i. cellulas, 253. hyf
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