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bil-gesleht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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bil-gesleht, bill-gesliht, -geslyht, es; n. [bil, bill a sword, gesleht a clashing, conflict, slaughter; from sleán to slay, kill]
A clashing of swords, battle; ensium concutio, pugna
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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.
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v.  ge-sleht ge-slyht bill-gesliht.
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