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hilte

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hilte, an; f.
A hilt, handle
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  • Hilte

    capulus, capulum

    [?], Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 47, 26; Wrt. Voc. 35, 34, 14.
  • Hiltan

    capulum,

      Wrt. Voc. 84, 21.
  • Swá ðæt ða hiltan eodon intó ðam innoþe

    the haft went in after the blade,

      Jud. 3, 22.
  • Óþ ða hiltan capulotenus, Mone

    Gl.

    432.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. helza capulus.]
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  • hilte, n.