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múþa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
múþa, an; m.
the mouth of a river
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  • Ðǽr ligeþ se múþa út on ðone gársecg ðære ié ðe mon háteþ Gandis (

    ostia fluminis Gangis

    )

    . . . Be súþan ðæm múþan is se port Caligardamana . . . be norþan ðæm Gandes múþan is se port Samera. Be norþan ðæm porte is se múþa ðære ié . . . Ottorogorre,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 10, 6-13.
  • On Limene múþan . . . Se múþa is on eástweardre Cent. . . On ða eá hí tugon up hiora scipu óþ ðone weald, iiii míla fram ðæm múþan útanweardum,

    • Chr. 893
    • ;
    • Erl. 88, 25-32.
  • Ǽlc ceápscip friþ hæbbe ðe binnan múþan cuman,

    • L. Eth. ii. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 284, 20
    • ;
    • ii. 3
    • ;
    • Th. i. 286, 6.
  • Ofer Humbre múþan,

    • Chr. 867
    • ;
    • Erl. 72, 7.
  • On súþhealfe Sæfern múþan ... óþ Afene múþan,

    • 918
    • ;
    • Erl. 104, 4-5 : Bd. 5, 24
    • ;
    • S. 647, 20.
  • Ofer ðone múþan

    trans fretum

    ,
    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 18, 28.
  • On hwelcum wæterum and on ǽghwelcra eá múþum hí sculun sécan fiscas,

    • Bt. 32, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 118, 19.
an opening, door
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  • Recedes múþan.

    • Beo. Th. 1452
    • ;
    • B. 724.
Etymology
[
Icel. munni mouth (of a cave, etc. ).
]
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v. ge-mýþe.
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  • múþa, n.