here-geatu
- noun [ feminine ]
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Hí willaþ eów tó gafole gáras syllan ǽttrynne ord and ealde sword ða heregeatu ðe eów æt hilde ne deáh
they will give you as tribute spears, the poisoned point and the swords they inherit, equipment for war that will not profit you in battle,
- Byrht. Th. 133, 10; By. 48.
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Heregeatewa, MS. A: heregeatowe, B. wægeþ
it bears arms,
- Salm. Kmbl. 106; Sal. 52.
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Ða beóþ mid gyldenum hyltsweordum and mid manigfealdum heregeatwum gehyrste
septos tristibus armis,
- Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 6 :
- Bt. Met. Fox 25, 17; Met. 25, 9.
- L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 4-20;
- L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 412, 26-414, 2 :
- 74; Th. i. 416, 3-18 :
- 79; Th. i. 420, 13-17.
- Chart. Th. 499. 29 :
- 512, 16 :
- 540, 5 ;
- 550, 28 :
- 573, 3.
- Const. Hist. s.v. Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 98.
- Grmm. R. A. 372-3
Bosworth, Joseph. “here-geatu.” 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/18882.
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