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ráre-dumla

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ráre-dumla, -dumle, an; m. f.
A bittern
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  • Ráredumlæ

    onocrotalum, avis quae sonitum facit in aqua,

      Shrn. 29, 6.
  • Ráradumbla

    onocrotalus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 21.
  • Ráredumle, 280, 26 : 63, 70 :

    buban,

      126, 61.
  • [M. H. Ger. rór-tumel a bittern : Ger. rohr-dommel : M. Du. roes-domel. O. H. Ger. has horo-túbil, -tumil.]
Etymology
[Cf. for the second part of the word, dumble-dore, the name given in some places to the bee.]
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  • ráre-dumla, n.