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pirige

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
pirige, an ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
A pear-tree
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  • Ðeós pirige

    haec pirus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 6 ; Som. 5, 59 : Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 51 : 80, 9.
  • Pirge, ii. 117, 35.
  • On gerihte tó ðære pirigan,

      Chart. Th. 148, 28.
  • Ðis sindon ða londgemǽra ... ǽrest of Piriforda on ða díc; andlang díc on ða pyrigan ; of ðære pyrigan ... ,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 76, 27-30.
  • Æt ðære pirian,

      52, 18.
  • On ða pyrian, ii. 205, 15. The word, as in Piriford,

    is found in local names,

    e.g.
      Pirigfliát, Pyrihom, Pirigtún, vi. 322, col. 2.
Etymology
[Chauc. Piers P. pirie.]
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v.  pyrige.
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  • pirige, n.