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- noun mathematics An
invertible element of theadele ring .
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Examples
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Nowðer of þe wummen ne beore from hare dame · ne ne bringe to hire nane idele talen {;} ne neowe tidinges · ne bitweonen ham seolf {;} ne singen ne ne speoken na ne worldliche spechen · ne lahhen swa ne pleien {;} þet ei mon þ̵ hit sehe {;} mahte hit to uuel turnen.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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· ⁊ te deouel leið his tutel dun to his eare · ⁊ tuteleð him al þ̵ he wule. for swa hit is sikerliche to hwa {m} se is idel of god {;} meaðeleð þe feond ȝeorne · ⁊ te idele underueð luueliche his lare.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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