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Wann ich die Zeit hätte, hätte ich diese Observationen in besserer Ordnung vorstellen können, muss aber solches dismahlen aufschieben, hofe doch, dass gegenwärtiges gnugsam sein werde, daraus schliessen zu können, was zu einem solchen Unternehmen nöthig seyn würde.
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"Tut! theer's six o 'tean an' hofe a duzzen of t 'tudder," said the old sage, dismissing the rival theologians from his mind forever.
The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
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Grendel gongan, _there came Grendel (going) from the fen_, 712; ongeán gramum gangan, _to go to meet the enemy, to go to the war_, 1035; cwom ... tô hofe gongan, 1975; wutun gangan tô, _let us go thither_, 2649.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Bær þā sēo brim-wylf, þā hēo tō botme cōm, hringa þengel tō hofe sīnum, swā hē ne mihte nō (hē þæs mōdig wæs) 1510 wǣpna gewealdan, ac hine wundra þæs fela swencte on sunde, sǣ-dēor monig hilde-tūxum here-syrcan bræc, ēhton āglǣcan.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Grendel gongan, _there came Grendel (going) from the fen_, 712; ongēan gramum gangan, _to go to meet the enemy, to go to the war_, 1035; cwōm ... tō hofe gongan, 1975; wutun gangan tō, _let us go thither_, 2649.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Bär þâ seó brim-wylf, þâ heó tô botme com, hringa þengel tô hofe sînum, swâ he ne mihte nô (he þäs môdig wäs) 1510 wæpna gewealdan, ac hine wundra þäs fela swencte on sunde, sæ-deór monig hilde-tuxum here-syrcan bräc, êhton aglæcan.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Hallamshire, the district including Sheffield and the neighbourhood; _sen_, say; _happen_, perhaps; _for't_, for the; _hofe at_, half of the; _e them_, in those;
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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My favourite part of the pub however is the huge fireplace in the lounge area: two sofas are in the fireplace, which is huge and home to a priest's hofe - fabulous!
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Herr Reuter, Leiter des Landesamtes zur Regelung offener ... vom hofe - 14.
Archivalia 2010
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The Planets-Project has published a "Report on emerging digital art characterisation techniques" vom hofe - 18.
Archivalia schwalm.potsdam 2010
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