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hreáðe-mús

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hreáðe-mús, e; f.
A mouse ornamented, furnished with wings [cf. hreóðan?], a bat
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  • Tósnidenre hreáðemúse blód

    the blood of a bat cut up,

    • L. M. 2, 33
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 236, 17.
  • Swilce eác cwóman hreáðemýs ... hæfdon hie eác ða hreáðemýs téþ in monna gelícnesse

    sed et vespertilionum vis ingens ... habentes dentes in morem hominum,

    • Nar. 15, 5-8.
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[Cf. hrére-mús.]
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v.  hrére-mús.
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  • hreáðe-mús, n.