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hrot

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hrot, es; n.
Thick fluid, scum, mucus
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  • Gewyrc ðé lǽcedóm ðus of ecede and of hunige, genim ðæt séleste hunig dó ofer heorþ áseóþ ðæt weax and ðæt hrot of

    make yourself a medicine thus of vinegar and honey; take the best honey, put it over the fire, seethe [strain ?] off the wax and the scum,

    • L. M. 2, 28
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 224, 17.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. hroz, roz mucca, mucus, vomen, phlegma, reuma
;
Ger. rotz
.]
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v.  rot.
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