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eár-hring

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Eárhring inauris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 26. Wǽron þá eáran him þurhþyrelode and eárhringas on hongedon of mænigfealdan gimcynne geworhte perforatis auribus, ex quibus uniones dependebant, Nar. 26, 31. Add

eár-hring

(n.)
Grammar
eár-hring, eár-ring, es; m.

An ear-ring ⬩ inauris

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An ear-ring; inauris Nymaþ gyldene eár-hringas of eówer wífa eáron tollĭte inaures aureas de uxōrum vestrārum aurĭbus, Ex. 32, 2: Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 91

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gim-cyn

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Eárhringas of mænigfealdan gimcynne geworhte, Nar. 26. 32.

manig-feald

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Eárhringas of mænigfealdan gimcyinne geworhte, Nar. 26, 32. Þæne mænifealdan cræft multiformem machinam, An. Ox. 119. Mislicu wítu and manigfeald earfoþu carcer, lex, ceteraque legalium tormenta poenarum, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 27.

gold

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Nymað eall eówer gold (cf. gyldene eárhringas, 4), Ex. 32, 24. used to ornament objects Seó cirice nalles on goldes wlite ne scíneþ, Bl. H. 197, 8. Fæt mid golde gefrætwod, 127, 7.

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