fóre-gísel
- noun [ masculine ]
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Salde se here him fóregíslas and micle áþas
the army gave him eminent hostages with great oaths,
- Chr. 878 ;
- Erl. 80, 16: 877 ;
- Erl. 79, 24.
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Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþas geseald, and Eást-Engle fóregísla vi
the Northumbrians and East-Angles had given oaths to king Alfred, and the East-Angles six principal hostages,
- Chr. 894 ;
- Erl. 90, 4.
Bosworth, Joseph. “fóre-gísel.” 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/11329.
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