egesa
- noun [ masculine ]
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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 .
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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 .
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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.
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Egesan geaclod
terrified with fear,
- Andr. Kmbl. 1609 ;
- An. 806: Beo. Th. 5465 ;
- B. 2736 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “egesa.” 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/9106.
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