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þistel-twige

  • noun [ feminine ]
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þistel-twige, an; f.
A goldfinch or some other bird that eats thistle-down. [In E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, p. 58, thistle-finch is given as a name of the goldfinch; Halliwell quotes: 'Carduelis a linnet, a thistle-finch' (1581). Cf. O. H. Ger. distil-finco carduelis: Ger. distel-fink a linnet: O. H. Ger. distil-ziu carduelus]
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  • Þisteltuige, distiltige

    cardella,

      Txts. 47, 381.
  • Þisteltwige,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 19.
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  • þistel-twige, n.