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wang-tóþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wang-tóþ, es; m.
A wang-tooth (in northern dialects, v.e.g. Lancashire Gloss. in E. E. D. S. Pub.), molar tooth
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  • Gif mon óðrum tóð of ásleá, gif hit sié se wongtóð geselle . iiii. Sciłł. Tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 49 ; Th. i. 94, II. Wangtéð molares vel

    gemini,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 32.
  • Wongtoeð (-téþ, Ps. Spl. C. )

    molas,

      Ps. Surt. 57, 7:
Etymology
[Wangeteth les messeleres, Wrt. Voc. i. 146, 22. Out of a wangtooth sprang a welle (v. Wick. Jud. 15, 19, where the word is used), Chauc. M. T. 3234. Wangetoothe molaris, Prompt. Parv. 515. Wangtoth geminus, Cath. Angl. 407. Wayngetothe geminus, maxillaris, 406 (see note). Wong*-*tothe uteelaris, Wrt. Voc. i. 207.]
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  • wang-tóþ, n.