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hlenca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hlenca, or hlence, an; m. or f. A link, a chain of links, a coat of mail formed with links or rings [cf. hringlocen serce and other compounds of hring]
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  • Moyses bebeád frecan árísan habban heora hlencan beran beorht searo

    Moses bade the warriors arise, take their coats of mail, bear their bright arms,

      Cd. 153; Th. 191, 21; Exod. 218.
  • Cf. L. M. 3,

      55; Lchdm. ii. 342, 4; gif men sió heáfodpanne beó gehlenced if a man's skull seem to be iron-bound,
Etymology
[Icel. hlekkr; m. a link, a chain of links: Dan. lænke.]
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v. wæl-hlenca.
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