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þrowend

  • noun [ masculine ]
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þrowend, es; m.
A scorpion
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  • Hí habbaþ tæglas ðám wyrmum gelíce ðe men hátaþ þrowend,

    • Wulfst. 200, 15.
  • Scorpius, ðæt is þrowend,

    • Lchdm. iii. 246, 1.
  • Se wyrm ðrowend slihþ mid ðam tægle tó deáðe ... Ondrǽd ðé ðone ðrowend ... Bið hiht geǽttrod mid ðæs ðrowendes tægle,

    • Homl. Th. i. 252, 4-11.
  • Se ðe gegrípð þrowend ( scorpionem ),

    • Scint. 86, 11: 225, 4.
  • Þrowendra

    regulorum, serpentium,

    • Hpt. Gl. 450, 17.
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  • þrowend, n.