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glóf

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
glóf, e; a weak pl. glófan occurs; f. A
Wright's OE grammar
§128; §315; §367;
GLOVE; chirothēca = χειρoθήκη
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  • Glóf hangode, sió [glóf] wæs gegyrwed dracan fellum

    his glove hung, it was made with dragon's skins,

    • Beo. Th. 4177
      • ;
    • B. 2085
      • .

  • Glóf

    mantium?

    • Ælfc. Gl. 27
      • ;
    • Som. 60, 118
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 25, 58
      • .

  • Wilfriþ cwæþ ðæt he forléte his twá glófan on ðam scipe

    Wilfrid said that he had left his two gloves in the ship

    ,
    • Guthl, 11
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 54, 14, 9, title.

  • He mid gyrde of ðam húses hrófe ða glófe gerǽhte

    he reached the glove from the house-roof with a stick,

    • 22
      • :
    • 56, 4
      • .

  • Earnian mid ðam glófa him sylfum

    deserviat, per id cirotecas sibi,

    • L. R. S
      • ;
    • Th. i. 438, 15
      • .

  • Foxes glófa

    buglosse,

    • Wrt. Voc. 67, 24
      • :
    • Herb. 144
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 266
      • ;
    • 16
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. gloven; pl
:
Icel. glófi; m.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “glóf.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17260.

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  • glóf, n.

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