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sweor-hnitu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sweor-hnitu, e; f.
A neck-nit, a nit that breeds at the back of the neck
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  • Sweorhnitu

    ursie,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 48.
  • Suernit ( = sweorhnitu?) usia (cf. swínes lús

    usia,

      122, 26), Wülck. Gl. 54, 34.
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  • sweor-hnitu, n.