"eiþer" meaning in Middle English

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Determiner

Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner}} eiþer
  1. Alternative form of either Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: either
    Sense id: en-eiþer-enm-det-lwezBDPc Categories (other): Middle English determiners, Middle English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.",
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