clufu
Old English
Gārleaces clufe
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *klubu, from Proto-Germanic *klubō, from the root of *kleubaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklu.fu/, [ˈklu.vu]
Noun
clufu f (nominative plural clufe)
- clove (of garlic)
- c. 9th century, Bald's Leechbook, published in Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest (1865, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green), edited and with translations by Oswald Cockayne, volume 2, page 350
- gārleaces .iii. clufe
- three cloves of garlic
- c. 9th century, Bald's Leechbook, published in Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest (1865, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green), edited and with translations by Oswald Cockayne, volume 2, page 350
Declension
Declension of clufu (strong ō-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | clufu | clufa, clufe |
| accusative | clufe | clufa, clufe |
| genitive | clufe | clufa |
| dative | clufe | clufum |
Related terms
- clufeht
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “clufu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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