Turtle
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - turtle
According to the Old English Dictionary:
an;
- turtle
- f.: but turtla, an; m. also is found. A turtle-dove:--Turtle tortur, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 33: 77, 43: Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 14, 2. Ðeós turtle hic turtur, 9, 22; Zup. 48, 16. Gemétt turtla nest him invenit turtur nidum sibi, Ps. Lamb. 83, 4. Geoffra mé tó láce sume turtlan and sume culfran sume mihi turturem et columbam, Gen. 15, 9. Bringan tó láce áne culfran and áne turtlan, Homl. Th. i. 140, 2. Bringe hé twá turtlan, LeO. H. Ger. turtul-túba turtur. From Latin. ] v. next word. turtle