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mixen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mixen, [n]e; f.
A mixen, dung-heap; also dung
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  • On ðære nyðemestan fléringe (

    of the ark

    )

    wæs heora gangpyt and heora myxen,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 21, 7.
  • Meoxine

    sterculii,

    • Germ. 397, 449.
  • Job sæt on his mixene,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 452, 28.
  • Nis hyt nyt ne on eorþan ne on myxene (mixen, Lind.: mixenne, Rush.)

    neque in terram neque in sterculinium utile est,

    • Lk. Skt. 14, 35.
  • Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on ealdum myxenum (myxennum, MS. H.),

    • Herb. 14, 1
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 106, 12.
  • Meoxena

    sterquilinia,

    • Hpt. Gl. 504, 2.
  • Ic sendo micxseno (mixenne, Rush.),

    mittam stercora,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 8.
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v.  meoxen myxen.
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