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brim-hengest

  • noun [ masculine ]
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brim-hengest, es; m. [brim, hengest a horse]
A sea-horse, ship; marinus equus, navis
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  • Hí brimhengest bringeþ to lande

    the ship brings them to land,

    Runic pm.
      16; Kmbl. 342, 19; Hick. Thes. i. 135.
  • We brecaþ ofer bæþweg brimhengestum

    we sail over the sea in ships,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1026; An. 513.
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