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líne

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
líne, an; f.
a line, rope, a coil of rope
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  • Langre línan

    with a long line,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 589
    • ;
    • Sal. 294
    • .
  • Línan

    spiræ,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 104
    • ;
    • Som. 78, 14
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 56, 60
    • .
a line, row, line for guidance, rule, canon
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  • Þurh ðæs cantices cwide, Cristes línan

    [the rule laid down by Christ in the Lord's Prayer],

    • Salm. Kmbl. 34
    • ;
    • Sal. 17
    • .
  • Ðǽr sceal wesan se torhta æsc án an línan ácas twegen hægelas swá some

    'æ' must occur once, 'a.' and 'h' twice [in forming the words hæn, hana],
    • Exon. 112 a
    • ;
    • Th. 429, 25
    • ;
    • Rä. 43, 10
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. lína a line (cord), line (mathem.)
:
O. H. Ger. linna linea.
]
Derived forms
sceát-, steding-, sund-, toh-líne
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  • líne, n.