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n. - A pen for ruminant mammals (rams, lambs, and ewes)

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  • She goes first till they come to the sheepcote; she goes in and bade them follow her.
  • After that they all ran out of the sheepcote, but Rodny went indoors with Njal, and was there the rest of the night.
  • Far in the innermost corner of the outlying sheepcote at Bali, to which the sun's rays never reach, Arni built himself a little cupboard.
  • After that they took the body and laid it on the sledge and drove to Bergthorsknoll, and drew it into the sheepcote, and made him sit upright against the wall.
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