bord-hreóða
- noun [ masculine ]
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Hǽðne heápum þrungon under bordhreóðan
the heathens thronged in heaps under the cover of shields,
- Andr. Kmbl. 256; An. 128: Beo. Th. 4412; B. 2203: Cd. 154; Th. 192,
23; Exod. 236.
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Blicon bordhreóðan
shields glittered,
- Cd. 149; Th. 187, 30; Exod. 160.
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Hæfdon hie ofer bordhreóðan beácen arǽred
they had a signal reared over their bucklers,
- 160; Th. 198, 9; Exod. 326.
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Brǽcon bordhréðan
they broke through the bucklers,
- Invent. Crs. Recd. 242; El. 122.
Bosworth, Joseph. “bord-hreóða.” 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/4854.
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