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wiþ-steall

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wiþ-steall, es; m.
a defence
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  • Ic ingehygd eal geondwlíte, hú gefæstnad sý ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht

    I scan the mind to see how the soul is fortified within, how its defences are built,

    • Exon. Th. 266, 20
    • ;
    • Jul. 401.
an obstruction, obstacle
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  • Wiðsteallas

    obstacula (nimborum obstacula rupit, ut fluerent imbres,

      Ald. 143
    ),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 71
    • :
    • 64, 39.
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Cf. wiþer-steall.
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v.  wiþer-steall.
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