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gearn-winde

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gearn-winde, an; f.
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  • Gearnuuinde

    reponile,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 12.
  • Gernwinde

    conductum,

      16, 33.
  • Hé sceal habban fela towtóla spinle, reól, gearnwindan,

      Angl. ix. 263, 11.
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Etymology
[Cf. reele, garnewyne, clewe alabrum, iurgillum, glomerus, Wülck. Gl. 628, 1. A yernwynder or a reel appendium, 564, 31. Ȝarnwindel girgillus, Prompt. Parv. 536.]
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  • gearn-winde, n.