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hæftling

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hæftling, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§607;
A captive
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  • Hæftling

    captivus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 32, 41.
  • Ðá áxode se ealdorman ðone hæftling hwæðer hé þurh drýcræft his bendas tóbrǽce

    then the alderman asked the captive whether he broke his bonds by witchcraft,

      Homl. Th. ii. 358, 10.
  • Nabochodonosor hergode on Iudéiscre leóde and hí hæftlingas tó Babilone gelǽdde

    Nebuchadnezzar warred on the Jewish people and led them captives to Babylon,

      58, 6 : i. 108, 21 : Gen. 31, 26.
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  • hæftling, n.