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ge-þersc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ge-þersc, es; n.
Beating, whipping, flogging
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  • Þá þá onsittendas þára horsa mid langum geþersce (

    diu caedendo

    ) hyra hors geswencton,
      Gr. D. 15, 11.
  • Þá gelæhte hé þone fótscamul and beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod ... Ðá þá hé swá swíðe mid geþersce mistucod (swá swíþe geswungen

    vehementer caesus

    ) wæs,
      20, 33.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-dresc tritura.]
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