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lind

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
lind, e; and linde, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§367;
the linden or lime-tree
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  • Lind

    seno vel tilia,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 45
    • ;
    • Som. 64, 111
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 32, 46
    • .
  • Linde

    tilie,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 29.
  • In ða greátan lindan; of ðære lindan,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 24
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  • On ða gemearcodan lindan; of ðære gemearcodan lindan,

    • vi. 182, 2
    • .
  • Ðonon in áne linde,

    • iii. 392, 1.
what is made of the wood of the tree, a shield (in poetry)
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  • Wisse hé gearwe, ðæt him holtwudu helpan ne meahte, lind wið líge,

    • Beo. Th. 4671
    • ;
    • B. 2341
    • .
  • Ofer linde lǽrig,

    • Cd. 154
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    • Th. 192, 29
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    • Exod. 239
    • .
  • Under linde

    protected by the shield,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 91
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    • An. 46
    • .
  • Leófsunu his linde áhóf,

    • Byrht. Th. 138, 63
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    • By. 244
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  • Rond, geolwe linde,

    • Beo. Th. 5213
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    • B. 2610
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  • On fyrd wegan fealwe linde,

    • Cd. 94
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    • Th. 123, 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 2044
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  • Under lindum,

    • 154
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    • Th. 192, 7
    • ;
    • Exod. 228
    • :
    • 155
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    • Th. 193, 23
    • ;
    • Exod. 251
    • .
  • Bordum beþeahte, hwealfum lindum,

    • Judth. 11
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    • Thw. 24, 30
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    • Jud. 214
    • .
  • Beraþ linde forþ,

    • Thw. 24, 16
    • ;
    • Jud. 191
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  • Scyldas wégon, linde bǽron,

    • Byrht. Th. 134, 45
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    • By. 99
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 4719
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    • B. 2365
    • .
  • Hwíte linde,

    • Cd. 158
    • ;
    • Th. 107, 4
    • ;
    • Exod. 301
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. lind a lime-tree; poet. a shield, a spear
:
O. H. Ger. linta tilia
:
Ger. linde.
]
Derived forms
heaðu-lind
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and see linden.
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  • lind, n.