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self-ǽta

  • noun [ masculine ]
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self-ǽta, an; m.
An eater of those belonging to its own species, (applied to man) a cannibal, anthropophagus
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  • Ðú scealt féran . . . ðǽr sylfǽtan eard weardigaþ . . . swá is ðære menigo þeáw, ðæt hié uncúðra ængum ne willaþ feores geunnan,

      Andr. Kmbl. 350; An. 175.
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  • self-ǽta, n.