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þegen-wer

  • noun [ masculine ]
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þegen-wer, es; m.
The wer-gild of a thane
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  • Hé sý þegenweres and þegenrihtes wyrðe,

      L. Eth. v. 9; Th. i. 306, 21: vi. 5; Th. i. 316, 14.
  • Gif weofodþén be bóca tǽcinge his ágen líf rihtlíce fadige, ðonne sí hé fulles þegnweres and weorðscipes wurðe, ix. 28; Th. i. 346, 18.
  • Cf. Mǽsseþegnes and woruldþegnes wergyld is .ii. þúsend þrymsa,

      L. Wg. 5; Th. i. 186, l0.
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v. þegen-riht.
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v.  wer.
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