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ent

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ent, es; m. A giant; gĭgas = γίγας
Wright's OE grammar
§387;
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  • He geblissode swá swá se mǽsta oððe swá swá ent to ge-yrnanne weg his

    exultāvit ut gĭgas ad currendam viam ejus,

    • Ps. Lamb. 18, 6: Ps. Spl. 32, 16: Wrt Voc. 73,
      • 52.

  • Nem-broþ se ent

    Nimrod the giant,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 21, 35 : Ors. 2,
      • 4;
    • Bos. 44,
      • 17.

  • Dauid eóde to ánwíge ongeán ðone ent Goliam

    David went in single combat against the giant Goliath,

    • Ælfc. T. 14, 3: Ors. 1,
      • 10;
    • Bos. 33,
      • 29.

  • Entas wǽron ofer eorþan on ðám dagum

    gĭgantes ĕrant sŭper terram in diēbus illis.

    • Gen. 6, 4 : Homl. Th. i. 318,
      • 15.

  • He seah on enta geweorc

    he looked on the work of giants,

    • Beo. Th. 5428
      • ;
    • B. 2717: Exon. 77b
      • ;
    • Th. 291,
      • 24;
    • Wand. 87: Andr. Kmbl. 2988
      • ;
    • An. 1497: Menol. Fox 463
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 2
      • .
Similar entries
v. eten, eóten.
Linked entries
v.  EÓTEN eten.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ent.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9445.

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