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hilt

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hilt, es; m. n.
Wright's OE grammar
§393; §419;
Hilt, handle [the plural, as in much later times, e. g. Shakspere's, is used of a single weapon]
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  • Ðá wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince on hand gyfen

    then was the golden hilt given into the old man's hand,

      Beo. Th. 3358; B. 1677.
  • Ðæs swurdes mid ðam sylfrenan hylte

    the sword with the silver hilt.

      Chart. Th. 558, 11.
  • Ic ðæt hilt ðanon ætferede

    I bore the hilt away from there,

      3341; B. 1668.
  • Hylt,

      3379; B. 1687.
  • Bíþ ða hiltas

    the hilt shines,

      Salm. Kmbl. 446; Sal. 223.
  • Ða hilt since fáge

    the hilt many-coloured with treasure,

      Beo. Th. 3233; B. 1614.
  • Be hiltum

    by the hilt,

      3152; B. 1574.
Etymology
[Icel. hjalt; n. the boss or knob at the end of a sword's hilt; also the guard between the hilt and blade. For some account of the hilts of old swords see Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, pp. 39, 49.]
Derived forms
DER. fealo-, fetel-, hroðen-, wreoðen-hilt. v. next word.
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  • hilt, n.