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hryding

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hryding, e; f.
A clearing, a patch of cleared land
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  • Hryding

    subcisiva,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 57
    • ;
    • Som. 67, 71
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 37, 57.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. E. Homl. þe schal ruden þine wei qui præparabit viam tuam
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E. D. S. Cumberland Gloss. rid, rud to uproot trees or hedges. 'The frequent names of Ridding and Rudding applied to houses and fields have doubtless originated from this:'
Icel. [h]ryðja to clear land, a road, etc.
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v.  á-ryddan.
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