Noun: ceafl
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | ċeafl |
| Plural | ċeaflas |
Genitive
| Singular | ċeafles |
| Plural | ċeafla |
Dative
| Singular | ċeafle |
| Plural | ċeaflum |
Accusative
| Singular | ċeafl |
| Plural | ċeaflas |
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost"
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Mīn hēafod hē hæfþ mid his ċeaflum befangen. (It has seized my head in its jaws.)
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Sē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame. (The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.)
Nouns inflected like ceafl
cearwylm,
ceafl,
cealc,
cearm,
ceorl,
cierr,
cierm,
cisil,
cisel,
ceafor,
ceosol,
ceosel,
cietel,
circul,
cerr,
cirm,
cipp,
cyrm,
cyrr,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”).
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