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hefeld-þrǽd

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hefeld-þrǽd, hefel-þrǽd, es; m.
A thread for weaving licium
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  • Gewríð tó ánum hefel [MSS. H. B. hefeld] þrǽde

    bind it to a yarn thread,

    • Herb. 183; Lchdm. i. 320, 6.
  • Ðá tóbræc hé ða rápas swá swá hefelþrǽdas

    and he brake the withs as a thread of tow,

    • Jud. 16, 9.
  • Hefelþrǽd

    licium,

    • Cot. 193, Lye.
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