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bord-hreóða

  • noun [ masculine ]
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bord-hreóða, -hréða, an; m. [bord II. a shield, hreóðan to cover, protect] .
the cover or protection of the shield; clypei tegmen
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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.
a shield, buckler; clypeus
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  • Blicon bordhreóðan

    shields glittered,

      Cd. 149; Th. 187, 30; Exod. 160.
  • Hæfdon hie ofer bordhreóðan beácen arǽred

    they had a signal reared over their bucklers,

      160; Th. 198, 9; Exod. 326.
  • Brǽcon bordhréðan

    they broke through the bucklers,

      Invent. Crs. Recd. 242; El. 122.
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v.  hreóða hréða.
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  • bord-hreóða, n.