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þyrel

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
þyrel, (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§329;
A hole made through anything, an aperture, orifice
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  • Ǽlces kynnes múð vel ðyrl

    orificium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 57.

  • Ic borige terebro, ðyrl

    foramen,

    • 84, 65: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12
      • ;
    • Zup. 40, 16.

  • Is on ðam wáge ðyrl geworht

    est foramen in pariete,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 570, 17.

  • Gif án þyrl ( foramen ) open byð forlǽten, ðanon fram feóndum beó inn ágan,

    • Scint. 140, 6.

  • Ðæt wǽre ðyrel on middum ðæm hweóle,

    • Shrn. 81, 13.

  • Gerýme ðæt ðæt þyrel ( the aperture made by a lancet ) tó nearo ne sié,

    • Lchdm. ii. 208, 25.

  • Stól niþan ðyrele,

    • 76, 22.

  • Ðæt ísen ( a scythe ) becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde and tó ðam ðyrle ðe hit ǽr of ásceát,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 162, 14.

  • Swá swá mon melo sift; ðæt melo ðurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel,

    • Bt. 34, 11
      • ;
    • Fox 152, 2.

  • Þurh nǽdle þyrel (ðyril, Lind.)

    per foramen acus,

    • Mk. Skt. 10, 25: Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 1.

  • Ðyrl,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 25.

  • Gif wyrm þyrel gewyrce ... drype on ðæt þyrel,

    • Lchdm. ii. 114, 14.

  • Drincan syllan þurh þyrel,

    • Exon. Th. 485, 1
      • ;
    • Rä. 71, 7: 397, 18
      • ;
    • Rä. 16, 21.

  • Ne furþon án þyrl ( foramen) búton cræfte mínon (the smith's ) ðú ne miht dón,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 17.

  • Hé ðæt ísen sette on ðæt ylce þyrl, and hit fæste stód,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 21, 71.

  • Þyrel

    foramina,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 73.

  • Þyrlum

    finistris,

    • 148, 60.

  • Ðyrelum

    foraminibus,

    • Bd. 3, 17
      • ;
    • S. 544, 30, col. 2.

  • Ðurh ða ðyrlo,

    • 544, 32, col. 1.

  • Ic hét hió þurhborian ... hét ic eft ða ðyrelo mid golde forwyrcean,

    • Nar. 20, 3.
Etymology
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Ayenb. þerle.
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Similar entries
v. eág-, ears-, hún-, næs-, nos-, teol-þyrel (-þyrl, -þerl), and next word.
Linked entries
v.  þirel þyrl.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þyrel.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32425.

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