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brægd-boga

  • noun [ masculine ]
  • participle
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brægd-boga, an; m. [brægd, p. of bregdan to draw, bend, brægd deceit; boga a bow]
A drawn or bent bow, a deceitful or fraudulent bow; arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus
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  • He in folc Godes forþ onsendeþ of his brægdbogan biterne strǽl

    he [the devil] sendeth forth, amongst God's people, the bitter arrow from his deceitful bow,

      Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 1; Cri. 765.
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  • brægd-boga, n.; part.