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pistol

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
pistol, es; m.
An epistle, letter
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  • Be ðam spræc se pistol æt ðyssere mæssan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 330, 13.
  • Ðone pistol ðe Hieronimus sette be forþsíðe Marian,

      438, 3.
  • Se apostol Iacob áwrít on his pistole,

      Boutr. Scrd. 22, 47.
  • Iacob se rihtwísa áwrát ánne pistol,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 9, 13.
  • Petrus áwrát twegen pistolas,

      14, 7, 12, 16, 19.
Etymology
[Icel. pistil. From Latin.]
Linked entries
v.  epistol epistol.
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