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bítel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
bítel, es; m.
A beetle, hammer
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  • Nán monn ne gehiérde æxe hlem ne biétles suég

    absque mallei sonitu,

    • Past. 253, 17
    • .
  • Hé sceal habban æcse, . . . býtel,

    • Angl. ix. 263, 7
    • .
  • Þá blacan bétlas

    nigro colore (the noun is unglossed),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 61. 58.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. stein-bózillatomus.
]
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v. býtl in Dict.
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