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CEAF

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
CEAF, cef, es, ceafu
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §51; §72; §295; §296; §311; §344;
chaff; palea
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  • Ceaf

    palea,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 59
    • ;
    • Som. 68, 1
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 38,52.
  • Ðæt ceaf he forbærnþ on unacwencedlícum fýre

    paleas comburet igni inextinguibili,

    • Lk. Bos. 3, 17.
  • Ða ceafu he forbærnþ on unadwæscendlícum fýre

    paleas comburet igni inextinguibili,

    • Mt. Bos. 3, 12.
  • Ðæt folc wæs todrifen ofer eall Egipta and cef to gadrienne

    dispersus est populus per omnem terram Ægypti ad colligendas paleas,

    • Ex. 5, 7, 10, 12, 16, 18.
Etymology
R. Brun. Chauc. Laym. chaf
Orm. chaff
Plat. kaff
Dut. kaf, n
Ger. kaff, n
M. H. Ger. kaf, n.
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v.  cef.
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  • CEAF, n.