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hænep

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hænep, henep, es; m.
Hemp
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  • Henep, hænep,

      Herb. 27, 1; Lchdm. i. 124, 1, 3 : Lchdm. iii. 22, 31.
Etymology
[Icel. hampr : O. H. Ger. hanaf : Ger. hanf : Lat. cannabis : Grk. κάνναβις'Grimm and Kuhn both consider the Greek word borrowed from the East, and the Teutonic one from the Latin cannabis, which certainly made its way to them.' Curtius, i. 173.]
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v.  henep.
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  • hænep, n.