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hord-cleófa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hord-cleófa, -clýfa, an; m.
A treasure-chamber, treasury, store-room, closet
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  • Hí gáþ in tó ðínum húse and tó ðínum bedde and tó ðínum hordclýfan

    ingredientur cubiculum lectuli tui et super stratum tuum,

      Exod. 8, 3.
  • Ic hæbbe on mínum hordcleófan án wundorlíc weorc

    I have in my treasury a wondrous work,

      Homl. Skt. 5, 260.
  • Hí sóhton ðone behíddan mete on heora hordcleófan

    they sought the hidden food in their closets,

      Ælfc. T. 42, 14; Grn. 21, 13, v. next word.
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  • hord-cleófa, n.