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higera

  • noun [ feminine ]
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higera, higora, an; m: higere an; f
A magpie or a woodpecker ; see
  • Exon. 106b; Th. 406, 14; Rä. 25
where the name of a bird that can imitate various sounds is given by the runes G, A, R, O, H, I.
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  • Higera

    picus

    .
    • Wit. Voc. 62, 34.
  • Higere

    picus

    ,
    • 281, 5
    :

    gaia vel catanus

    ,
    • Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 63, 14; Wrt. Voc. 29, 37:

    cicuanus

    ,
    • Cot. 34, Lye.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. hehara, hehera picus, attacus, orin.
]
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v.
  • Grein, ii. 72.
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v.  higre.
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