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big-gyrdel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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big-gyrdel, bí-gyrdel, -gerdel; g. -gyrdles, -gerdles; m. [big, bí, gyrdel a girdle, belt, purse]
A belt, girdle, and as girdles were used to carry money, hence, a purse, public purse, treasury; zōna = ζώνη, saccus = σάκκos, fiscus
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  • Næbbe ge feoh on eówrum bígyrdlum

    nolite possidere pecuniam in zonis vestris,

      Mt. Bos. 10, 9.
  • Bígerdel

    saccus,

      Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 68; Wrt. Voc. 16, 41.
  • Cyninges [MS. kinges] gafoles bígerdel saccus vel

    fiscus,

      65; Som. 69, 35; Wrt. Voc. 40, 63.
  • Biggyrdel fiscus vel

    saccus publicus,

      17; Som. 58, 94; Wrt. Voc. 22, 11.
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v.  bí-gerdel bí-gyrdel.
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