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Old English[edit]

Prepositional phrase[edit]

cēpe

  1. for sale
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St.Alban, Martyr"
      Eall swa þa unriht-wisan deman þe heora domas awendað, æfre be þam sceattum na be soðfæstnysse and habbað æfre tō cēpe heora soðfæstnysse, and swa hi sylfe syllað wið sceattum...
      So likewise those unrighteous judges who pervert their judgments, always for gain, and not for justice, and always offer their justice for sale, and thus sell themselves for the sake of money,...