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byrn-wíga

  • noun [ masculine ]
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byrn-wíga, an; m.
A soldier clothed in armour; loricatus miles
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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.
  • Byrnwígena brego

    the chief of mailed soldiers,

      Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 28; Jud. 39.
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  • byrn-wíga, n.