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ge-réþru

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-réþru, pl. n.
Rudder, helm [the steering was done by means of an oar]
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  • Ða men ða ðe beóþ winnende in sciplícum gewinne híg ðonne begáþ ǽrost ða geréþru in ðære hýþe

    qui in nauali prælio demicaturi sunt ante in portu inflectant gubernacula,

      Shrn. 35, 8: 9.
  • Geréþru vel scipgetawu

    aplustre,

      Ælfc. Gl. 103; Wrt. Voc. 56, 19.
  • Geréþra

    aplustra,

      Gl. Mett. 15.
  • On ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum

    in a boat without any means of steering,

      Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 6, see note on this passage. 'Geréþrum' can however hardly be a case of 'geréþra' nauta, as
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  • ge-réþru, n.