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hunig-teár

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hunig-teár, es; m.
Distillation from the comb, without squeezing, virgin honey; mel purissimum, e favo sponte quod effluxit, mell stillativum,'
  • Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1
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  • Hunigteár

    nectar,

    • Hpt. Gl. 468.
  • Hunigteáres

    nectaris,

    • Mone Gl. p. 384.
  • Sý gemenged tógædre hunigteár and wín

    let virgin honey and wine be mixed together,

    • Lchdm. iii. 292, 16.
  • Besmyra mid hunigteáre,

    • 11.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. E. Hom. swete al swá án hunitíar felle upe ȝíure híerte, i. 217, 27.
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  • hunig-teár, n.