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cæfed

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Searchable Lemmata: becæfed (OE), cæfed (OE).
Alternate Forms: ymbcæfed.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(psp.) ; wrapped or girded.(ante 1100)
1. Falerata becæfed. Gloss. [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (2402 (2425))]
2. ymbgyrd ł cæfed missenlihnesse to bioð geledde kininge femnæn ł medenan efter ðon nixtum his to bioð borene ðe circumamicta varietate adducentur regi virgines post eam proxime eius adferentur tibi. Gloss. [DOE PsGlE (Harsley) (0672 (44.15))]
c.f.: cæfing, circumamictus
OE.
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, based upon an unnatested Old English verb *cæfian, 'to surround, wrap, tie'.
WF: Derivation
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