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grutt

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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grutt, es; m. or n.
an abyss, a gulf, whirlpool.
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  • Déopnysse, grutte, sweliende

    uoragine (inferni ),

      An. Ox. 4340.
  • Grut edwindan

    barathrum uoraginis (Charybdis ),

      4, 9.
  • Grut swelgendes,

      7, 41.
figurative
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  • Swylce betwyx stánhricgum gruttes and stæfleahtres swelgend

    quasi inter Scyllam solocismi et barbarismi baratrum,

      An. Ox. 5466.
  • Edwindan, grutte

    in uoraginem (gastrimargiae ),

    701.
a rock ?
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  • Stánrocca stáncyslas and sinewealte scylua, grutta (or ?? scylua grutta of the rocks of the depths; cf. (?) first passage under
2: if this explanation be correct the quotation belongs to
1) popelstánas of sandigum stranda stáncyslum
scopulorum glareas et rotundos scrupearum lapillulos de arenosis litorum sablonibus,
    An. Ox. 1814.
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v. helle-grutt.
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v.  grut.
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