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gyru

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
Mud, filth, dung
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  • Gyr (gyru?, gor, ?? cf. letamen gor, scear[n]. Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 38), dincge

    letamen,

      An. Ox. 4773.
  • Gyrwe fen (the 12th cent. MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 10. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum (

    in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum

    (Yarrow)),
      Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12.
Etymology
[Cf. O. Frs. gere, ieie filthy wate r.]
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v. gor, Gyrwas and next word.
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v.  Gyrwas.
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