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lín

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
lín, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§343;
Flax, linen, something made of linen
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  • Flæx ł lín

    linum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 20
    • .
  • Lín

    manitergium,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 44
    • .
  • Besweópun hine mið líne

    ligaverunt eum linteis,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 19, 40
    • .
  • Mið ðý onféng ðæt lín

    cum accepisset linteum,

    • 13, 4
    • .
  • Bohte lín and hine biwand in líne

    mercatu sindonem eum involvit sindone,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 15, 46
    • :
    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 53
    • .
  • Gisæh ða lín gisetedo

    vidit linteamina posita,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 20, 6
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. lein linen
:
O. Sax. lín
:
Icel. lín flax, linen
:
O. H. Ger. lín linum
:
Ger. lein.
]
Derived forms
biscop-, heáfod-, breóst-, hand-, swát-lín
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  • lín, n.