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éðyl-stæf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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éðyl-stæf, édulf-stæf, es; m.
A family staff or support, stay of the house; prædii sustentáculuin
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  • Ic eorn orwéna ðæt unc se [seó MS.] éðylstæf ǽfre weorþe gifeðe

    I am hopeless that to us two the staff of the family will ever be by lot,

    • Cd. 101
    • ;
    • Th. 134, ii
    • ;
    • Gen. 2223
    • .
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v. éðel-stæf.
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v.  édulf-stæf éðel-stæf.
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  • éðyl-stæf, n.