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án-wíg

  • noun [ neuter ]
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án-wíg, es; n? m? [án one, wíg a contest]
A single combat, a duel; certamen singulare
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  • Ðǽr gefeaht Mallius ánwíg wið ánne Galliscne mann

    there Mallius fought a single combat with a man of Gaul,

    • Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 15: 3, 6
    • ;
    • Bos. 57, 42
    • .
  • Hí gefuhton ánwíg

    they fought a duel,

    • Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 32
    • .
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  • án-wíg, n.