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ersc-hen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ersc-hen, ærsc-hen, -hæn, -henn, e; f.
A quail; cŏturnix, perdix
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  • Erschen

    cŏturnix,

    • Wrt. Voc. 77,
    • 36.
  • Hi bǽdon and com erschen

    pétiērunt et vēnit cŏturnix,

    • Ps. Spl. M. C. 104,
    • 38.
  • Erschæn

    cŏturnix.

    • Wrt. Voc. 63,
    • 22.
  • Drihten gesende swá micel fugolcyn on hira wícstówe swilce erschenna, ðæt is on Lýden cŏturnix

    ascendens cŏturnix co-opĕruit castra.

    • Ex. 16,
    • 13.
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v. edisc-hen.
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v.  aersc-hen edisc-hen.
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