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méd-wyrhta

  • noun [ masculine ]
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méd-wyrhta, an; m.
A hireling, worker for pay, mercenary
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  • Médwyrhta

    (mercennarius)

    ys sé þe stówe hyrdes healt, ac gestreón sáwla ná sécð,
      Scint. 123, 13.
  • Médwyrhtena

    lixarum,

      An. Ox. 4, 24.
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  • méd-wyrhta, n.