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Þ þ (thorn)
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bat
n.
28 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A war club or mace; a cudgel or flail; (b) a (shepherd's) staff; a (fuller's) bat; (c) a crosier.
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derf
n.
12 quotations in 1 sense
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Tribulation, affliction, trouble, hardship; torture;
drehen derf of deað
, to suffer martyrdom, die a martyr's death.
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