† dwelstern.
Obsolete. rare.
A female dweller.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxi. 13 To thee, dwelleresse [c 1440 MS. Bodl. 277 dwelstere] of the sadde valey, and wilde feld.
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