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Wiþer-gild

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
Wiþer-gild, es; m.
A man's name
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  • Weóldon wælstówe, syððan Wiðergyld læg (cf. syððan Heardréd læg,

    • 4766
    • ;
    • B. 2388
    ), æfter hæleþa hryre, hwate Scyldingas,

    • Beo. Th. 4109
    • ;
    • B. 2051.
  • Sóhte ic Wiþergield and Freoþeríc,

    • Exon. Th. 326, 5
    • ;
    • Víd. 124.
Etymology
[
For a form similar to this, but used as a common noun, in other languages,
    v. Grmm. R. A. 652.
]
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Word-wheel

  • Wiþer-gild, n.