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driht-weras

  • noun [ masculine ]
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driht-weras, pl. m. [wer a man]
Men, chieftains; popŭlāres viri
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  • Óþ-ðæt drihtweras duguþum gefóran ðǽr is botlwéla Bethlem háten

    till that the fellow men journeyed to where there is a village called Bethel,

    • Cd. 86
    • ;
    • Th. 107,
    • 32;
    • Gen. 1798
    • .
  • Ðú móst heonon húþe lǽdan ealle, búton dǽle ðissa drihtwera

    thou mayest lead all the spoil hence, save the part of these chieftains,

    • 98
    • ;
    • Th. 129, 27: Gen. 2150
    • .
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