byrn-wíga
- noun [ masculine ]
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Se byrnwíga búgan sceolde
the mailed warrior must submit,
- Beo. Th. 5828; B. 2918: Exon. 77b; Th. 292, 5; Wand. 94.
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Byrnwígena brego
the chief of mailed soldiers,
- Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 28; Jud. 39.
Bosworth, Joseph. “byrn-wíga.” 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/5654.
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