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eorþ-scræf

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a cave
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  • Dauid wæs gehýd on ánum eorðscræfe

    (spelunca)

    . . . Ðá fór Saul forð bí ðæm scræfe,

    • Past. 197, 12
    • .
a cave for burial, tomb, grave
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  • Ne þearf þæs nán man wénan ꝥ his líchama mæge þá synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan,

    • Bl. H. 109, 31
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  • Ealle erðware úp árísað of ðǽm ealdum eorðscræfum,

    • Nap. 20
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