Hreófla
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hreófla
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- hreófla
- leprosy. Dele passage from Bede, and add:--Ðá geslóh hine sóna se snáwhwíta hreófla (statim orta est lepra in fronte ejus, 2 Chr. 26, 19), Hml. A. 58, 186. Se hreófla wearð nyðer áfeallen, ꝥ hys lýchama wæs clǽne, 192, 319. Heliseus gehǽlde Naaman fram ðám atelicum hreóflan, Hml. S. 18, 310. Ðú mínne hreóflan (cf. heó on eallum limum egeslice wunda hæfde, 266) gehǽldest, 7, 322. Heó (Miriam) wearð mid hreóflum (-an, ) geslagen, Hml. A. 58, 177. v. hreofl; f. hreofla