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ge-beorg

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-beorg, -beorh, -berg; gen. -beorges, -beorhges; n. [ge-, and beorg a protection, refuge]
A defence, protection, safety, refuge; præsĭdium, refŭgium, tutāmen, tuĭtio
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  • Leófsunu ahóf bord to gebeorge

    Leofsunu raised up his buckler for defence,

    • Byrht. Th. 138, 64
    • ;
    • By. 245 : 135, 40
    • ;
    • By. 131
    • .
  • Britwalum to gebeorge

    for the protection of the Brito-Welsh,

    • Chr.189; Erl. 9, 26
    • :
    • Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 32
    • .
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  • ge-beorg, n.