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"english": "The shoulder was the first cut of meat, the erber he readily dressed. (Alan Lupack)",
"roman": "Þe spande was þe first brede, Þe erber diȝt he ȝare.",
"text": "c. 1330, Sir Tristrem [Auchinleck], line 486",
"translation": "The shoulder was the first cut of meat, the erber he readily dressed. (Alan Lupack)",
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"english": "The chest they slit, and draw the erber forth with care; With knife both sharp and keen the neck they next divide (Jessie L. Weston, 1999)",
"roman": "Syþen þay slyt þe slot, sesed þe erber, Schaued wyth a scharp knyf, and þe schyre knitten.",
"text": "c. 1400, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [Cotton Library, Nero A.10], line 1330",
"translation": "The chest they slit, and draw the erber forth with care; With knife both sharp and keen the neck they next divide (Jessie L. Weston, 1999)",
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"The rumen, the first stomach of ruminants."
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"english": "The shoulder was the first cut of meat, the erber he readily dressed. (Alan Lupack)",
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"english": "The chest they slit, and draw the erber forth with care; With knife both sharp and keen the neck they next divide (Jessie L. Weston, 1999)",
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"text": "c. 1400, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [Cotton Library, Nero A.10], line 1330",
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