olfend

olfend

1. alternative form of olfent

• olfenda m
• olbend n — early

From Proto-West Germanic *olbandu. Doublet of elpend.

• IPA^(key): /ˈol.fend/, [ˈoɫ.vend]

olfend m or n

1. camel
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Đa ġehȳrde hēo Salomones hlīsan, and cōm fram ðām sūðernum ġemærum tō Salomone binnon Hierusalem mid miċelre fare, and hire olfendas bǣron sūðerne wyrta, and dēorwurðe ġymstānas, and unġerīm goldes.

     She heard of Solomon's fame, and came to him in Jerusalem from the southern frontier with many followers. And her camels bore southern plants, and valuable gemstones, and countless gold objects.

   • Wonders of the East

     Ðā menn ðe tō ðām dyrstiġe beoð þæt hī þæt gold nimen, þonne lǣdað hī mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan ⁊ stēdan. Þā folan hī getīġað ǣr hī ofer þā ēa faran. Þæt gold hī gefǣtað on ðā myran ⁊ his sylfe onsittað ⁊ þā stēdan þǣr forlǣtað.

     Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them camel steeds and mares with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, and leave the males there.

   Hē rād on olfende þurh þā wēstenne.

   He rode on a camel through the desert. (Lūcas 18.25)

   Īeðre biþ olfende tō gānne þurh nǣdle ēage þonne sē welega on Godes rīċe gā.

   It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God. (Luke 18:25)

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Neut

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• elpend

• Middle English: olfent, olfend, olvont, olvende, olvente