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hóh-sinu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hóh-sinu, we; f.
Hough-sinew, ham-string, heel-sinew
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  • Gif hóhsino forad síe

    if a heel-sinew be broken,

      L. M. 1, 71; Lchdm. ii. 146, 3.
  • Heora horsa hóhsina ðú ofcirfst

    equos eorum subnervabis,

      Jos. 11, 6.
Etymology
[Wick. houȝ-senu: Icel. há-sin: Dan. hase: cf. O. H. Ger. hahsanon subnervare, Grff. iv. 800.]
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v.  seonu.
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  • hóh-sinu, n.