Etymograph > Indo-European > Old English > Dictionary > lāfe

N

what is left, remainder.nom.pl

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lafe#Old_English
Lemma: lāf "what is left, remainder" (oe-nom-pl)

lāf

N (fem)

what is left, remnant, remains, relic, remainder, rest, lave [in northern dialects]

Attested in Exeter Book Riddle 5 (lāfe)

originates from: PWGmc *laibu "what is left, remainder" (laibu > lāβu > lāβ > lāf) through pwgmc-to-oe
(source: Ringe 2014:297)
Inflected forms
lāfe "what is left, remainder.nom.pl" (oe-nom-pl)
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