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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
orest(e
n.
Additional spellings:
oreste
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Combat, struggle; (b)
law
the right of jurisdiction over cases involving trial by combat; (c) by misunderstanding of (b): the liberty of entering woods or lands; (d) by false etymologizing [cp.
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