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róde-hengen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
róde-hengen, róde-hengenn, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§619;
A cross, crucifixion
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  • Hwæt hæfþ ðes man gefremod, ðæt hé ródehengene wyrðe sý,

      Homl. Th. i. 596, 2.
  • Hét hine áhón on ródehengene,

      594, 29.
  • Ðá ðá hé on ródehengene mancynn álýsde,

      58, 20.
  • On ródehengene genæglod,

      82, 25.
  • Hé (

    the penitent thief

    ) geandette his synna on ðære ródehengene, ii.
      78, 22.
  • Úre Hǽlend ródehengene underbeáh,

      600, 6.
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v.  hengen.
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