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heáfod-wind

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
heáfod-wind, es; m.
A wind from one of the four chief points of the compass
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  • Feówer heáfodwindas synd se fyrmesta is eásterne wind ... se óðer heáfodwind is súðerne ... se þridda heáfodwind hátte zephirus ... se feórþe heáfodwind hátte septemtrio,

      Lchdm. iii. 274, 12-23.
Etymology
[Icel. höfuð-vindr.]
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  • heáfod-wind, n.