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hold-scipe

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hold-scipe, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§611;
Loyalty, fealty, allegiance
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  • Eallra ðæra manna land hí fordydon ðe wǽron innan ðæs cynges holdscipe

    they destroyed the lands of all those men that were in allegiance to the king,

      Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 15.
  • Sægdon ðæt hí hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe

    said that they did it on account of the loyalty of the monastery,

      1070; Erl. 209, 15.
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  • hold-scipe, n.