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þístra

  • noun [ masculine ]
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þístra, þrístra
a trace (?), part of an animal's harness
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  • Þístra

    conjuncta,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 34.
  • Þrístra, i. 16, 9. [For similar double form cf. þeóstru, for meaning cf. (?) Goth. þinsan: O. H. Ger. dinsan trahere: 'Bavarian dünsel

    a twisted withy or other thin branch, used to bind rafts of wood to the shore,

    ' Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. xlii; and see Du Cange coniuncta.]
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