ydrus (1121-35)
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ydrus (1121-35)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 4,522b hydra; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,776c hydre; TL: 4,1282 idre 1; DEAF: I,23 idre#1; DMF:  hydre 1; TLF:  hydre; OED:  Hydrus n.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 1189a hydra /1190a hydrus ]
ydre  
Latin; Greek

s.

1zool.amph.rept.ich.snake-like water creature: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Ydrus est beste evage D’un estrange curage; A colovre est semblable [...] vent a cocodrille La u il dort en le idle, En la buche se met Petit e petitet. […] Li cocodrille s’esveille E itant par est glut Que tut vif le transglut. Ydrus el cors li entre: La buele de sa ventre Li trenche e depart Si l’ocit par tel art  633 and 657
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