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beáh-gifa
/bea:xɣiva /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
beáh-gifa
, beág-gifa. -gyfa, an; m. A ring-giver, a giver of ring or bracelet money; anulorum vel armillarum largitor :-- Se geonga gewát Eádgár of lífe, beorna beáhgifa the young Edgar, ring-giver of men, departed from life, Chr. 975; Th. 226, 36, col. 2: Byrht. Th. 140, 19; By. 290: Elen. Grm. 100: 1199: Beo. Th. 2208; B. 1102.
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. Add :-- Æðelstán cyning, beorna beáhgyfa (cf. Egils Saga,c. 55: Aðalsteinn konungr tók gullhring af hendi sér, ok dró á blóðre*-*filinn, ok rétti yfir eldinn til Egils. See also Coll. M. 22, 35 under beáh (3)), Ædelst. 2. Þ̵ him God forgyue . . . and eác swá his beáhgifan, þ̵ is se sélesða sinces brytta Ælfryd, Gr. D. 2, 14.
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