bil-gesleht
- noun [ neuter ]
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Gelpan ne þorfte beorn blandenfeax bilgeslehtes [billgeslyhtes, Cott. Tiber. A. vi; billgeslihtes, Cott. Tiber. B. i: Cott. Tiber. B. iv]
the grizzly-haired warrior needed not boast of the clashing of swords,
- Chr. 937; Th. 204, 35, col. 1; Æðelst. 45.
Bosworth, Joseph. “bil-gesleht.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4346.
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