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forþ-gyrd

  • noun [ masculine ]
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forþ-gyrd, fór-gyrd, es; m.
A fore-girdle, martingale, the girdle which passes between the fore-legs of a horse from the nose-band to the girth; antela [ab ante et telon, quod est longum, compōnĭtur, Du Cange, sub voce], cingŭlum illud quod ante pectus ĕqui tendĭtur, crassius lōrum quo pectus, partim ad ornāmentum, partim ad firmandam sellam cingĭtur
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  • Forþgyrd

    antela,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 20
    • ;
    • Som. 59, 53
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 23, 14: 84, 4.
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v.  fór-gyrd for-gyrd.
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