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heáp-mǽlum

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in troops, in crowds
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  • Heápmǽlum

    gregatim,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 17:

    catervatim, gregatim, multipliciter,

    • 129, 51 :

    manipulatim (legiones, quae manipulatim testudinem balista quatere non cessant,

    • Ald. 11, 18
      • ),
    • 76, 42
      • :
    • 54, 50
      • .

  • Þá hǽþenan feóllon heápmǽlum ealle tó his cneówum,

    • Hml. S. 31, 1033
      • .
where there is the idea of competition
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  • Þyder þá samod ongunnon yrnan weras and wíf, æþele and unæþele, and hine heápmǽlum ongunnon tó hyra húsum laðian

    currere viri et feminae, nobiles atque ignobiles coeperunt, certatimque eum in suis rapere domibus conabantur,

    • Gr. D. 200, 28
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “heáp-mǽlum.” 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/52048.

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