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LXXIII. cranohawc. Given by Bpsworth-Toller and 

 Lye as crane-hawk, on the strength of a reference in Spel- 

 mann's Glossary, 7. 18: Cranohari alias Commorsus gruar- 

 ius, i. Accipiter qui gruem mordet. There seems to be no 

 authority for changing cranohari into cranohawc, thus 

 making it an OE. word. Du Cange says it appears in 

 the MS. as cranihari, and adds ^ sed legendum censet Lin- 

 denbrogius Cranichapich.' This, if accepted, would make 

 it a Germanic word, but certainly not OE. 



LXXIV. pernex. A supposed bird ; probably a mis- 

 understanding of L. pernix, quick. 



Rid. 41. 66 : ic maeg fromlicor fleogan ?Sonne pernex earn ocSSe hafec sefre 

 meahte. 



LXXV. huilpa. The name of a sea-bird, appearing 

 only in Seaf. 21 : 



dyde ic me to gomene ganetes hleoSor and huilpan sweg fore hleator 



LXXVI. reodmuSa. The name of a bird which can- 

 not be determined with any certainty ; <; reod, red -^ 

 mii6a, mouth. 



On record in WW. 234. 24: faseacus, reodmuSa, nomen avis. 



