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borda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
borda, an; m.
an ornamental border, a fringe
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  • Borda

    prini-cula, ornatus vestimentorum,

    • Hpt. 33, 247, 105:

    clavia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 10
    • :
    • 14, 40
    • :

    clava,

    • 131, 53 :

    lesta,

    • 112, 64
    • :
    • 50, 76
    • .
embroidery:
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  • Fǽmne æt hyre bordan geríseþ (cf. Icel. sitja við borða to sit embroidering),

    • Gn. Ex. 64
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. borto limbtts
:
Icel. borði border; embroidery; tapestry.
]
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v. byrdan; byrd-estre, -icge, -ing.
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v.  borde.
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  • borda, n.