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roð-hund

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
roð-hund, es; m.
A large dog; molossus. [In later English vocabularies molossus is translated by blood-hound and band-dog. v. Wrt. Voc. i. 177, 15 : 187, col. 2.]
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  • Roðhund

    molosus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 24 : 56, 41 : i. 288, 27.
  • Rothundas

    molosos,

    ii.
      91, 9.
  • Hroð-hund

    inutilis canis,

    i.
      23, 36.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. rudo molossus (v. Grff. ii. 490) : Ger. rüde.]
Similar entries
v. ryðða.
Linked entries
v.  ryðða hroð-hund.
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