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stán-gella

  • noun [ masculine ]
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stán-gella, -gilla, an; m.
A stone-yeller, a bird whose cry is heard among the rocks (gellan is used of the cry of the hawk,
    Rä. 25, 3), a pelican
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  • Stángella

    pellicanus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 20.
  • Gelíc geworden ic eom ðam stángillan (-gyllan, MS. C.: stánegellan, Ps. Surt.) wéstene

    similis factus sum pellicano solitudinis,

      Ps. Spl. T. 101, 7.
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v.  gella.
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