ge-æhtle
- noun [ feminine ]
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Hý, on wíggetawum, wyrðe þinceaþ eorla geæhtlan,
they, in their war-equipments, appear of the estimation of earls,
- Beo. Th. 743 ;
- B. 369.
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Grein and Heyne give geǽhtla
persecutor; cf. éhtan; then eorla geǽhtlan would mean warriors.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-æhtle.” 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/13371.
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