Híred-leóf(?)

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - híred-leóf(?)

According to the Old English Dictionary:

híred-leóf(?)
adj. Dear to a family, friendly, familiar :-- Gif of óþrum mynstre cúþum and híredlofum (-leófum?) bróþor ǽnig gecýdd byþ forþfaren si ex alio monasterio noto ac familiari frater quis nuntiatus fuerit defunctus, Angl. xiii. 445, 1146. Cf. híw-cúþ. hired-leof
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