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wæl-stów

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wæl-stów, e; f.
The place of the slain,
a battle-field
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  • God ána wát hwá ðære wælstówe wealdan móte

    God only knows who shall be master of the field,

      Byrht. Th. 134, 36; By. 95: Beo. Th. 4108; B. 2051: 5960; B. 2984: Cd. Th. 121, 4; Gen. 2005.
  • Ða Deniscan áhton wælstówe gewald,

      Chr. 837; Erl. 66, 9: 871; Erl. 76, 7.
  • Æþelwulf cyning gefeaht wiþ .xxxv. sciphlæsta, and ða Deniscan áhton wælstówe geweald,

      840; Erl. 66, 19.
  • Hié ðǽr nán licgende feoh ne métten, swá hié ǽr bewuna wǽron ðonne hié wælstówe geweald áhton,

      Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 33.
  • On here crincgan, on wælstówe wundum sweltan,

      Byrht. Th. 140, 24; By. 293: Chr. 937; Erl. 114,
    9.
any place where there is slaughter
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  • Him Loth gewát of byrig (

    Sodom, about to be destroyed

    ) gangan, wælstówe fyrr,
      Cd. Th. 156, 23; Gen. 2593.
Etymology
[Cf. O.H. Ger. wal-stat: Dan. val-plads battle-field, beholde valpladsen to remain master of the field.]
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v.  hreá-wíc.
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