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a husbandman
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  • Far tó wéstene þǽr nán fugel ne flýhð, ne yrðling ne erað, ne mannes stemn ne swégð,

      Hml. Th. i. 464, 25.

  • Gif se yrðlincg behylt underbæc gelóme, ne bið hé gelimplic tilia . . . Se yrðlincg ámyrð his furuh gif hé lócað tó lange underbæc,

      Hml. S. 16, 178-180.

  • Nú swincð se yrdlincg embe úrne bigleofan, and se wornldcempa sceall winnan wið úre fýnd,

      25, 819.

  • Críst geceás hyrdas and yrðlingas and fisceras, and hí tó láreówum gesette,

      Hml. S. 5, 225.
a bird (some of the same Latin words are used for the wren. v. wrenna)
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  • Irðling

    cucuzata,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 21.

  • Eorþlinc

    birbiacaliolus,

      Hpt. 33, 241, 56.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “irþling.” 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/54045.

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