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læfer

  • noun [ feminine ]
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læfer, e; f.
a rush
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  • Læfer

    pirus [l. papyrus], gladiolus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 47
    • ;
    • Som. 65, 15
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 33, 15
    • :

    scirpio,

    • Wrt. Voc. 69, 9:

    scirpia,

    • 289, 44
    • .
  • Lebr

    scirpea,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 81.
  • Eórisc, leber

    scirpea,

    • 120, 17
    • .
  • Genim læfre neoðowearde

    take the lower part of a bulrush,

    • Lchdm. i. 382, 21
    • .
a thin plate of metal
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  • Gylden læfr

    bractea,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 58
    • ;
    • Som. 67, 111
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 38, 34
    • .
  • Xerxes beworhte ða bígelsas mid gyldenum læfrum

    Xerxes wrought over the arches of the roof with golden plates,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 498, 3.
  • Mid læfrum

    liscis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 9
    • .
Etymology
[
See E. D. S. Plant Names s. v. levers
:
Grff ii. 80 leber scirpus, herba rotunda.
]
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v.  leber lifer.
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