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þíxl

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
þíxl, þisl, e; þísle, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§41; §329;
a beam or pole of a waggon; temo: used, also, like temo, to denote a constellation,
the Bear
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  • Wǽnes ðísl (wægne þíxl (wægnes?), 100, 72)

    archtoes,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 23.
  • Þísl temo vel arctoes, i. 16, 24:

    themon

    (in a list 'de plaustris'),
      284, 46.
  • Þistle temo (Wülcker prints þísle

    themon,

      Gl. 295, 14), 66, 83.
  • Díxl

    arquamentum,

      Txts. 109, 1147.
  • Tunglu ðe wé hátaþ wǽnes ðísla,

      Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 19.
  • Án ðara tungla woruldmen hátaþ wǽnes þísla,

      Met. 28, 10.
  • Þíxlum, díxlum, díslum

    temonibus,

      Txts. 101, 2007.
a pole (?)
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  • Of ðære ác in ða heortsole; of ðære sole in ða þísle; of ðære þísle eft in ða mýðan,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 6.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. thísla; f. wk. temo: Du. dissel axle-tree; dissel-boom beam or pole of a carriage: O. H. Ger. díhsel, díhsila, dísala; f. temo: Ger. deichsel: Icel. þísl; Swed. tistel-stång coach-pole.]
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v.  þísl.
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  • þíxl, n.