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met-gird

  • noun [ feminine ]
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met-gird, -geard, -gyrd, e; f.
A rod for measuring, a rod, perch
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  • Metgeard

    pertica,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 5.
  • Riht is ðæt ne beo ǽnig metegyrd lengre ðonne óðer,

    • L. I. P. 7
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 314, 6.
  • Ðonne is ðæs imbganges ealles þríó furlanges and þreó metgeurda,

    • Chart. Th. 157, 27.
  • Twegræ metgyrda brád,

    • 232, 17.
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v.  mete-gird.
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  • met-gird, n.