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tintreg-þegn

  • noun [ masculine ]
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tintreg-þegn, es; m.
An officer who torments, an executioner
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  • Tinter[g]ðegnum

    lictoribus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 47.
  • His dryhten hine salde tintergaþægnum (

    tortoribus

    ),
      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 18, 34.
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  • tintreg-þegn, n.