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hæsel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hæsel, es; m.
The hazel
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  • Hæsel

    corilus,

      Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64. 95; Wrt. Voc. 32, 30.
  • Hæsles ragu

    the lichen of hazel,

      L. M. i. 38, 8; Lchdm. ii. 96, 2 : L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 270, 22.
  • Hwít hæsel

    wich hazel; ulmus montana : saginus, Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 96; Wrt. Voc. 32, 31. [Prompt. Parv. hesyl corulus, colurnus : Icel. hasl; m : O. H. Ger. hasal; m : hasala; f. corylus, amygdalus : Ger. hasel; f. ]

    For special virtue of the hazel see
      Grmm. D. M. 927, and cf. hæslen. Cf. also the Icel. hasla völl to challenge to a duel on a field marked out by hazel poles.
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  • hæsel, n.