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sand-corn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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a grain of sand
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  • Gif míne synna and mín yrmþ wǽron áwegene on ánre wǽgan, ðonne wǽron hí swǽrran gesewene ðonne sandcorn on sǽ,

      Homl. Th. ii. 454, 24.
  • Swá fela welena swá ðara sondcorna beóþ be ðisum sǽclifum

    quantas pontus versat arenas,

      Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 27.
  • Hí beóþ ofer sandcorn manige

    super arenam multiplicabuntur,

      Ps. Th. 138, 16.
Etymology
[Icel. sand-korn.]
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  • sand-corn, n.