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wealh-hnutu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wealh-hnutu, gen. -hnyte; f.
A foreign nut, walnut
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  • Hnutbeám oððe walhhnutu

    nux,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 23.
Etymology
[On a walnot withoute is a bitter barke, Piers P. 11, 251. Walnote avelana, Prompt. Parv. 574. A walnotte auellanum, a walnott-tree auellanus, Cath. Angl. 407 (see note). Walnot auelena, Wülck. Gl. 647, 25. Walnottre auelana, 646, 15. A walnutte and the nutte avelana, 715, 26. A walnote moracia, 596, 38. Cf. A walshenote shale, Chauc. H. F. 1281. Icel. val-hnot.]
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