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Þ þ (thorn)
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Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
stāver
n.
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An upright bar in a rack for hay or fodder;
hacche staver
; (b) in place names [see Smith
PNElem.
2.141, 142].
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thei
pron.
169 quotations in 5 senses
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As anaph. or pers. pron.: (a) the persons referred to, they; (b) used pleonastically or for emphasis; (c) with antecedent in apposition following; (d) as obj. of verb or prep.: them, those; (e) with…
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