Circol-wyrde

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - circol-wyrde

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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circol-wyrde
m. A calculator, reckoner; computator :-- Feówer síðon syx byþ feówer and twentig: ða syx tída sind genemned þurh ðæra circolwyrda gleáwnysse quadrantes four times six are four-and-twenty: the six hours are called by the wisdom of calculators quadrants, Bridf. 63. circol-wyrde
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