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hinnire

hinnire [CL] , (of horse) to neigh, whinny; b (fig., of persons). equi ~iunt Aldh. PR 131; c747 ~ientium equorum consuetudine ‥ adulterando Bonif. Ep. 74; equus ‥ superbe ~iens W. Malm. GR II 204; Gir. Spec. II 29 (v. emissarius 2b); equs ‥ levato capite ~it Map NC III 4 f. 42v.  b 1174 ~it in feminas Ep. J. Sal. 310 (v. emissarius 2b); Pol. Poems I 41 (v. grunnire 1c); hinnent [sic] regales thalami lacrimis, querulis ululatibus palacia resonant Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 128.

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