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nos-þyrel

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
nos-þyrel, -þyrl, -terl, es; n.
A nostril
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  • Dó on ðæt næsþyrl (nos-, MS. B.),

    • Lchdm. i. 352, 4.
  • Nosþyrla

    nares,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 19.
  • Úteweard nosterle

    pinnulae,

    • 43, 22.
  • Nosterla hǽr

    vibrissae,

    • 21, 52.
  • Se brǽþ on heora nosþyrlum,

    • Homl. ii. 98, 9.
  • Dó on ða næsþyrlu (nos-, MS. B.),

    • Lchdm. i. 72, 21.
Etymology
[
Chauc. nose-thirl, -þril
:
Wick. nose-, nese-þirl, -þril
:
Prompt. Parv. nese-thyrlys, naris
:
O. Frs. nosterle.
]
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v. næs-þyrel.
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v.  næs-þyrel.
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