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wíg-steall

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wíg-steall, es; n.
A defensive position, a bulwark, bastion, defence
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  • Wígsteal

    propugnaculum

    ,
      Hpt. Gl. 487, 17: 530, 3.
  • Hé lǽteþ inwitflán brecan ðone burgweal, ðe him bebeád Meotud ðæt hé ðæt wígsteal wergan scealde. Exon. Th. 315,

      30; Mod. 39.
  • Hé wígsteall séceþ, heolstre behelmed. Salm. Kmbl. 208 ; Sal. 103.
  • Wurdon hyra wígsteal wésten-staþolas, brosnade burgsteal,

      Exon. Th. 477, 21; Rum. 28.
  • Wígstealla

    propupnacula

    ,
      Hpt. Gl. 426, 73.
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v.  weoh-steall wígbed-steall.
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