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weald-genga

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
weald-genga, an; m.
A weald-goer (v. weald), bandit, brigant
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  • Hé wolde beón yldest on ðam yfelan flocce, and geworhte his geféran tó wealdgengum ealle on wídgillum dúnum . . . 'Hé is geworden tó weald*-*gengan and ðæra sceaðena ealdor, ðe hé him sylf gegaderode, and wunaþ on ánre dúne mid manegum sceaðum.'. . . Ðá ætstód se wealdgenga . . . and áwearp his wǽmna,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 30-18, 31.
Etymology
[Cf. wald-scaðe (wode-scaþe, 2nd MS.), Laym. 25859; the same creature is referred to in these previous lines: Isihst þu þe munt and þene wude muchele, þer wuneð þe scaðe inne, þa scendeð þas leode? 25689-92.]
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  • weald-genga, n.