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ed-winde

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Substitute: ed-winde, an: -wind, e; f. A vortex, whirlpool, abyss
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  • Deópnyss abyssus, edwinde vortex, swelgend

    vorago,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 36.
  • Edwindan

    uoraginis,

      An. Ox. 4, 10.
  • Swyliendes, eadwindan, 636.
  • Edwindan

    uoraginem, i. foveam,

    701:
      4, 20.
  • Edwinde

    voragines,

    5474.
Etymology
[Cf. O. L. Ger. ed-windan rotare.]
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Word-wheel

  • ed-winde, n.