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býtl

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
býtl, bítl, es; n. m? [být, pres. of beátan to beat, strike]
A BEETLE, hammer; malleus
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  • Seó wífman án ðæra teldsticcena geslóh mid ánum býtle búfan his þunwengan

    the woman struck one of the tent-nails with a hammer above his temples,

      Jud. 4, 21.
  • Nán mon ne gehiérde bítles swég

    no man heard the sound of hammer,

      Past. 36, 5; Cott. MS.
Etymology
[Plat, bötel.]
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v.  biótul bítl bítel.
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  • býtl, n.