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 Hermaph’rodite (4 syl.).Her’mensul or Ermensul. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Her’megyld or Hermyngyld.
 
The wife of the constable of Northumberland, who was converted to Christianity by Cunstance, by whose bidding she restored sight to a blind Briton. (Chaucer: Man of Lawes Tale.)   1
 


 Hermaph’rodite (4 syl.).Her’mensul or Ermensul. 

 
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