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jugulum, ~us, ~a [CL] 1 little yoke. jungula, geocboga GlC Interp. Nom. 185; 10‥ ~a, iucboga WW. 2 clavicle, collar-bone. b (astr., pl.) stars of the constellation Orion (orig. those of the clavicle or shoulders). c little ridge or hill. tege jugulam [gl.: ðearmgewind], pectusculum, mamillas, stomachum, et umbilicum (Laidcenn Mac Baíth Lorica) Cerne 44a (= Nunnam. 127); 11‥ ~um, †þearnimid windle [corr.: þearmwind] WW Sup. 453; os ~i Gilb. IV 180v. 1 (v. disjungere 2e).  b ~e, stelle que †originem [sic MS: ? l. Orionem] ostendunt Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 288.  c hoc jugum, -gi, pro monte, unde hoc ~um, -li, diminutivum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 280. 3 front of the neck above the collar-bone, the throat (as the part exposed to weapons). cervix vel ~um, hnecca Ælf. Gl. 158. 1; ~us, guttur, frumen, gula Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 288; stat Dardana pubes / pro jugulis armata suis J. Exon. BT I 389; ambitio ‥ / ‥ / in Magni jugulos animavit Cesaris enses Hanv. IV 119; sponte sua ~um laqueis muliebribus illigavit P. Blois Ep. 79. 243B; ~us, G. gorge Garl. Unus gl. 164; hic ~us: est gula pars colli, vicium gula restat edendi WW. 4 slaying, slaughter: a (by cutting the throat or stabbing); b (unspec.). a 7‥ ~um sticung Catal. MSS AS 38; collum mansuetum ad ~um cedis extendere R. Cold. Cuthb. 50 p. 104; bestiarum ibi ~um querere Ib. 50 p. 105.  b consultum communis crederem esse utilitatis tuae, ut aut eos in longinquum dirigi exilium jubeas regionis, aut citissime tradi mihi sinas ~is Byrht. HR 3 p. 7; quorum quidam ~um proditionis imperatori struxerant Adel. ED p. 20; Constantinus obivit / ipsius que nepos scelerata sorte Conanus / per patrui jugulum sumpto diademate rex est V. Merl. 435; ? 1312 beatus manus jugulans! / beatus jubens jugulum! (De Morte P. de Gaverstone) Pol. Songs 259; carceracionem et ~um virorum illustrium Flor. Hist. III 203; Calisiis actum sceleris fuit hoc malefactum, / regis precepto. jugulo qui gaudet adepto Gower CT II 98.

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