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hilt

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hilt, helt
Wright's OE grammar
§393; §419;
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  • Helt

    capulus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 15:

    capulum,

    • 103, 30
    • .
  • hielt

    capulotenus,

    • 86, 68
    • .
  • Wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid þám swurde, ac se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum,

    • Hml. S. 12, 226
    • .
  • Oð ðá hylta hé behýdde þæt swurd

    capulotenus abdidit ensem,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 272, 17
    • .
Dele all derivates but fetel-, and add:
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. hilt
:
O. H. Ger. hilz capulum; hilzi capulus.
v. Gall, s.v. hilt.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-hilte; holt.
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