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fyrd-gestealla

  • noun [ masculine ]
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fyrd-gestealla, an; m.
A comrade in arms, martial comrade; expĕdītiōnis bellĭcæ sŏcius, commīlĭto
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  • Nealles folc-cyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte

    the peoples king needed not to boast of his comrades in arms,

    • Beo. Th. 5739
    • ;
    • B. 2873.
  • Wurdon Sodomware leófum bedrorene fyrdgesteallum

    the inhabitants of Sodom were deprived of their beloved martial comrades,

    • Cd. 93
    • ;
    • Th. 120, 23
    • ;
    • Gen. 1999.
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v.  fird-gestealla.
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  • fyrd-gestealla, n.