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hwistlung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hwistlung, e; f.
A hissing, WHISTLING, piping, music
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  • Ðeós hwistlung hic sibilus, ðás hwystlunga

    hæc sibila,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 13
    • ;
    • Som. 16, 28
    • .
  • Hwistlung

    sibilatio,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 79
    • ;
    • Som. 72, 67
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 46, 24
    • .
  • Huislung

    simphonia,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 25.
  • Ic beswíce fugelas mid hwistlunge

    decipio aves sibilo,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 15.
  • Suá suá mid líðre wisðlunga mon hors gestilleþ suá eác mid ðære illcan wistlunga mon mæg hund ástyrigean

    lenis sibilus equos mitigat, catulos instigat,

    • Past. 23
    • ;
    • Swt. 173, 21
    • .
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