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crundel

  • noun [ masculinefeminineneuter ]
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For the meaning of crundel v. D. D.: 'Crundel. Sus. Hmp. A ravine; a strip of covert dividing open country, always in a dip, usually with running water in the middle.' For additional examples v. Cht. E. pp. 471-3.
Etymology
[He (John the Baptist) turnde fro mennes wunienge to wilde deores, and ches þere crundel to halle and eorðhole to bure he chose a ravine for his hall and a cave for his bedchamber,
    O. E. Hml. ii. 139, 15.
]
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v. cealc-crundel.
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