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dærstan

  • noun [ feminineuncertain ]
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dærstan, derstan; pl.
f? Dregs, lees; fæx
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  • Nyle he ða dærstan him dón unbrýce

    verumtamen fæx ejus non est exinanita,

    • Ps. Th. 74,
    • 8.
  • Ða derstan beóþ góde

    the dregs will be good,

    • L. M. 1,
    • 2;
    • Lchdm. ii. 38, 18,
    • 19.
  • Wið ecedes derstan

    with lees of vinegar,

    • 1,
    • 39;
    • Lchdm. ii. 98,
    • 24.
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v.  derstan dresten.
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  • dærstan, n.