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tord-wifel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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tord-wifel, es; m.
A dung-beetle; scarabaeus stercorarius
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  • Ðǽr ðú geseó tordwifel on eorþan up weorpan, ymbfó hine mid twám handum mid his geweorpe,

      Lchdm. ii. 318, 15. [Icel. tord-yfill.
    ] Cf. scearn-wifel.
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  • tord-wifel, n.