Weax-hláf

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - weax-hláf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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weax-hláf
m. A cake of wax :-- On weaxhláfes wísan on áléd, Lchdm. ii. 46, 2. Dó ðonne weax on ðæt ele ðætte ðæt eall weorðe tó hnescum weaxhláfe, 234, 10: 82, 14. [O.H. Ger. wahs-leip formella (formella cerae circulus cereus, eadem origine qua caseus formella dicitur, quod nempe in forma struatur, Migne).] weax-hlaf
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