Rind

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rind

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; rinde, an; Related words:

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1 rind

f. Rind. I. of a tree, the bark :-- Rind cortix, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 78. Rinde cortex, 79, 68. Súðerne rind cinnamonum, resina, ii. 131, 9. Ofersǽwisc rind, Lchdm. ii. 52, 3. Rómánisc rind, i. 376, 5. Andlang ðæs piþan and andlang ðære rinde óþ ðone helm, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 3. Of corntreówes rinde de cortice corni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 6. Gif hé beget and yt rinde sió ðe cymþ of neorxna wonge ne dereþ him nán átter; ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát ðæt hió wǽre torbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 3 : 92, 29. Wé ne mágon geseón on ðam cyrnele náðor ne wyrtruman, ne rinde, ne leáf, Homl. Th. i. 236, 18. Rinda cortices (codices, MS.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 60. Rinda librorum, Hpt. Gl. 417, 46. Of corntreówes rindum de cortice corni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 7. Rindum corticibus (codicibus, MS.), 75, 46. Rinde libros, 53, 18. Dó of ða rinda, Lchdm. ii. 98, 11. I a. metaphorically :-- Þeahtigaþ on hiera módes rinde monig gód weorc tó wyrcanne, ac on ðam piþan biþ óðer gehýded, Past. 9, 1; Swt. 55, 22. The word occurs in combination with names of trees, e. g. apuldor-, æsc-, ác-, elm-, holen-, sealh-, sláhþorn-, wiþi-grind. II. of other things, crust, rind :-- Rinde crustula, Wrt.Voc. ii. 137, 22. Rindan crustulae, Hpt. Gl. 462, 77. Wé hédaþ ðæra crumena ðæs hláfes, and ða Judéiscan gnagaþ ða rinde, Homl. Th. ii. 114, 34. Rinda crusta (this is omitted from) Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 23. Rindum crustulis, Hpt. Gl. 496, 23 : 497, 15. [O. Du. rinde : O. H. Ger. rinta cortex, liber.] rind

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