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coorta

  • noun [ masculine ]
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coorta, an; m.
A band of soldiers, cohort; cohors
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  • He hæfde eahta ond hund-eahtatig coortena MS. coortana, ðæt we nú truman hátaþ, ðæt wæs, on ðám dagum, fíf hund manna, and án þúsend

    he had eighty-eight cohorts, which we now call bands, each of which was, in those days, one thousand five hundred men

    • Ors. 5, 12
    • ;
    • Bos. 111, 14, 17.
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  • coorta, n.