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hyrdel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hyrdel, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§112;
A hurdle, a frame of intertwined twigs or bars
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  • Hyrdel

    cleta, cratis,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 29
    • ;
    • Som. 61, 44
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 26, 43
    • :

    cratis i. flecta,

    • 49
    • ;
    • Som. 65, 88
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 34, 20
    • .
  • Ðá forlét se cásere ðone hálgan líchaman uppon ðam ísenan hyrdle

    then the emperor left the holy body [of St. Lawrence] on the iron hurdle,

    • Homl. Th. i. 430, 23
    • .
  • Hyrþil

    cratem, flecta,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 45
    • .
  • Hyrdlas

    crates,

    • 80, 22.
Etymology
[
Prompt. Parv. hyrdel plecta, flecta, cratis
:
R. Glouc. an chyrche of herdles and of ȝerden
:
cf. Goth. haurds a door
:
Icel. hurð a door, a hurdle
:
O. H. Ger. hurt crates, craticula
:
Ger. hürde a hurdle.
]
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v.  hyrthir.
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  • hyrdel, n.