wagrift
Old English
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editEtymology
editFrom wāg (“wall”) + rift (“curtain”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwāgrift n
- curtain
- veil
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion"
- Efne ðā tōbserst þæs temples wāhryft, fram ðǣre fyrste ufan ōð ðā flōr neoðan,...
- Lo then the temple's veil burst asunder, from the summit above down to the floor beneath,...
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion"