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turtle

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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turtle, an; f.: but turtla, an; m.
also is found. A turtle-dove
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  • Turtle

    tortur,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 33: 77, 43: Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 14, 2.
  • Ðeós turtle

    hic turtur,

      9, 22; Zup. 48, 16.
  • Gemétt turtla nest him

    invenit turtur nidum sibi,

      Ps. Lamb. 83, 4.
  • Geoffra mé tó láce sume turtlan and sume culfran

    sume mihi turturem et columbam,

      Gen. 15, 9.
  • Bringan tó láce áne culfran and áne turtlan,

      Homl. Th. i. 140, 2.
  • Bringe hé twá turtlan,

      Lev. 5, 7, 11: 1, 14: Lk. Skt. 2, 24: Homl. Th. ii. 210, 34.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. turtul-túba turtur. From Latin. ]
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