A.-S.
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I think, therefore, we cannot doubt that what is intended to be expressed by the A.-S. lærig is empty, hollow, concave.
From Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 by Various
Hierd and Heerd, from A.-S. hierde, perhaps also Hardewick or Harderwyk from the same.
From Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
From A.-S. heals, the neck, and beorgan, to protect.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
Glead is the A.-S. glida or kite, though, in our version of Deut. xiv. 13., both glede and kite are mentioned.
Probably from A.-S. harian, to become mouldy or musty.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
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