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egesa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
egesa, egsa, ægsa, an; m. [ege fear]
Fear, horror, dread; tĭmor, horror, terror, formīdo
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  • Him gásta weardes egesa on breóstum wunode

    fear of the guardian of spirits dwelt in his breast,

    • Cd. 138
    • ;
    • Th. 173,
    • 24;
    • Gen. 2866: Beo. Th. 1572
    • ;
    • B. 784: Andr. Kmbl. 789
    • ;
    • An. 445: Rood Kmbl. 170
    • ;
    • Kr. 86: Judth. 12
    • ;
    • Thw. 25,
    • 10;
    • Jud. 252
    • .
  • Bútan Godes egsan [MS. B. egesan]

    without fear of God,

    • Bd. 4,
    • 12;
    • S. 581, 1: Cd. 178
    • ;
    • Th. 223,
    • 23;
    • Dan. 124: Andr. Kmbl. 914
    • ;
    • An. 457
    • .
  • Sió dimme niht ofer eldum egesan ne brohte

    the dim night did not bring terror over men,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 12,
    • 34;
    • Met. 12, 17: Cd. 202
    • ;
    • Th. 250,
    • 3;
    • Dan. 541: Ps. Th. 66,
    • 6.
  • Egesan geaclod

    terrified with fear,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1609
    • ;
    • An. 806: Beo. Th. 5465
    • ;
    • B. 2736
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. egiso , m:
M. H. Ger. egese , eise , f. horror:
O. H. Ger. ekiso, m; egis, agis, n. horror:
Goth. agis, n. fear, terror, horror
. ]
Derived forms
bǽl-egsa, blód-egesa, flód-, folc-, gléd-, hild-, líg-, niht-, þeód-, wæter-
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v.  egsa.
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