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hæg-steald

  • noun [ masculineuncertain ]
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hæg-steald, hæge-, heh-, es; m : e; f [?]
One living in the lord's house, not having his own household, an unmarried person, a young person, bachelor, virgin; mansionarius, cælebs, juvenis, virgo
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  • Hwæðer hé sig hægsteald ðe hǽmedceorl

    utrum cælebs sit an uxoratus,

      L. Ecg. C. 1; Th. ii. 132, 28.
  • Hegsteald

    cælebs,

      14; Th. ii. 142, 13.
  • Hægsteald módige wígend unforhte

    youths courageous, warriors fearless,

      Cd. 160; Th. 198, 24; Exod. 327.
  • His hægstealdas

    his young warriors,

      Fins. Th. 81; Fin. 40.
  • Hægestealdas and fǽmnan

    juvenes et virgines,

      Ps. Th. 148, 12.
  • Swilce geongum hægstealde

    ut ephebo hircitallo,

    Mone
      B. 3434.
  • Hehstald

    virgo,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 23 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 27.
  • Hehstaldo

    virgines,

      Rtl. 47, 36.
  • Hehstaldun

    virginibus,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 1.
  • Of heghstalde

    de virgine,

      Rtl. 126, 3.
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v. hago-steald.
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v.  Hagustaldes-eá.
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