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teld-sticca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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teld-sticca, an; m.
A tent-peg
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  • Gelǽhte seó wífman án ðæra teld-sticcena geslóh ðá ... ðæt se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod ... Hé geseah hwár Sisara læg and se teldsticca sticode þurh his heáfod

    tulit Iahel clavum tabernaculi ... et clavum defixit in cerebrum ... vidit Sisaram jacentem et clavum infixum in tempore ejus,

      Jud. 4, 21, 22.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. zelt-steccho paxillus. Cf. Icel. tjalds-nagli a tent-peg.]
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v.  telde.
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