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byrþ-þignenu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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byrþ-þignenu, -þínen, e; f.
A midwife
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  • Byrððínenu

    obstetrix,

      Germ. 392, 97.
  • Gif wífmen hwæt swylces derige, dó hyre man fram hyre byrþþínene þone sylfan lǽcedóm,

      Lch. i. 236, 4.
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v.  beorþor-þínen.
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  • byrþ-þignenu, n.