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oflǽte

  • noun [ feminine ]
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oflǽte, -láte, -léte, an;
f.
an oblation, offering
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  • Oflǽtan

    oblationem

    ,
      Ps. Spl. C. 39, 9.

  • Oflátan

    oblationes

    ,
      Ps. Surt. 50, 21.
a sacramental wafer
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  • Eal ðæt tó húsle gebirige, ðæt is, clǽne ofléte, clǽne wín, and clǽne wæter,

      L. Edg. C. 39; Th. ii. 252, 13.

  • Behealde hé ðæt his oflétan ne beón ealdbacene,

      L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 26.

  • Benedictus ásende áne ofelétan, and hét mid ðære mæssian,

      Homl. Th. ii. 174, 26.
a wafer like the sacramental wafer
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  • Man sceal niman . vii. lytle oflǽtan swylce man mid ofraþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 42, 3.
  • [Erest þat husel beð ouelete and win, O. E. Homl. ii.
      97, 33.
  • Icel. obláta, oblát a sacramental wafer : O. H. Ger. obláta oblatio: Ger. oblate wafer. From Mid. Lat. oblāta.]
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v.  ofláte.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “oflǽte.” 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/24329.

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