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    magon hy ðá lífes línan on middan ynibfæðmian,
      Sal. K. 150, 31.
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line, stroke made on a surface
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  • ' Þú leornedest be ánre línan wæs áwriten anlang middes þæs þóþeres'.

    . . ' Ic wót hwæt seó líne tácnað, '
      Solil. H. 20, 16-20. pá
    línan þe on þám þóþere átéfred wæs, 21, 6.

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    a continuous extent of length without breadth or thickness

    :-- On ðone munt þe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síða ealne eoiðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan,
      Sal. K. 152, 5.

  • IV.

    a series of objects arranged on a line

    :-- Þá rímcraeftige men wyrcað heom circul of þám fíf stafum, and betǽcað þrý dagas ánum stæfe. Þonne getimað hyt ꝥ hig wrixliað twía on ánum mónðe, and on þám circule fíftýne niht hig onfoð on þǽre néxtan línan, and on þrittig hig geendiað,
      Angl. viii. 327, 40.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “líne.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/54702.

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