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pinn

  • noun
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a pin, peg
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  • Ne sceolde hé nán þing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte; ne músfellan, ne ðæt git læsse is, tó hæpsan pinn,Anglia ix. 265, 10. [From Latin pinna.]
an instrument for writing, a pen
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  • Mið pinn ł urittsæx

    calami,

      Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 17.
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[From penna ? or pinna ?]
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  • pinn, n.