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wǽpen-getæc

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-getæc, -tak, es; n.

A wapentake,

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Hist. i. 99 sq Wé willaþ ðæt man namige on ǽlcon wǽpengetæce .ii. trýwe þegnas, L.N.P.L. 57; Th. ii. 298, 31. Ǽlc ðara ceápa ðe hé bigcge oððe sylle áðer oþþe [on] burge oþþe on wǽpengetæce, L. Edg. 5, 6; Th. i. 274, 14. On wǽpentake, L.

wǽpen-geþræc

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-geþræc, (?), es; n.

A weapon

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A weapon Ofsend uoepengiðræcc (uoepen, giðræcc?) effunde frameam, Rtl. 168, 5. Cf. Geþrece apparatu. Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 24: 76, 53: Hpt. Gl. 424, 77. Geþræce, 512, 9

Róm-pening

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-pening, es; m. A penny paid to Rome. v. Róm-feoh
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Wé willaþ ðæt ǽlc Rómpænig beó gelǽst be Petres mæssan tó ðam bisceopstóle, and wé willaþ ðæt man namige on ǽlcon wǽpengetæce .ii. trýwe þegnas and ǽnne mæssepreóst, ðæt hí hit gegaderian.

Linked entry: Róm-feoh

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Wé willaþ ðæt man namige on ǽlcon wǽpengetæce .ii. trýwe þegnas and ǽnne mæssepreóst, L. N. P. L. 57; Th. ii. 298, 31.

Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén

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