hamele
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
An oar-loop, but the word occurs only in a phrase, which may be
borrowed from the Scandinavian. Icel. hamsa an
oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man
[v. Cl. and Vig. Dict.], and apparently with the same meaning we get Chr. 1039; Erl.
167, 15, 21
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On his dagum man geald xvi scipan æt ǽlcere hamulan viii marc eall swá man ǽr dyde on Cnutes cynges dagum ... Ðá hí gerǽdden ðet man geald lxii scipon æt ǽlcere hamelan viii marc
in his days sixteen ships were paid, eight marks to each of the crew, just as before was done in king Cnut's days ... Then they decided that sixty-two ships should be paid, to each man eight marks.
William of Malmesbury says twenty marks were paidto the soldiers of each vessel, ii. 12. -
Florence of Worcester,
- Chr. 1040,
Linked entries
v.
hamule.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “hamele.” 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/18083.
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