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býrignes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
býrignes, bírgnes, -ness, e; f.
A tasting, a taste; gustus
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  • Mid býrignesse ðæs wæteres

    by the tasting of the water,

      Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 29.
  • Bírgness

    gustus,

      Cot. 97.
Derived forms
DER. an-býrignys.
Similar entries
v. býrgan.
Linked entries
v.  bírg-nes.
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  • býrignes, n.