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hell-geþwing

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hell-geþwing, es; n.
The restraint, constraint of hell
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  • Se hellsceaða wiste ðæt hie sceoldon hellgeþwin[g] niéde onfón

    the devil knew that they must needs receive the restraint of hell,

    • Cd. 33; Th. 43, 20; Gen. 696.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. helli-geþwing
.]
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  • hell-geþwing, n.