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secg-róf

  • noun
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a host of men (?)
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  • Cwóman wóldagas swylt eall fornom secgróf wera

    death carried off the host of men,

      Exon. Th. 477, 20 ; Ruin. 27.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. ruaba ; f. numerus : Icel. segg-fjöld a host of men ; and rinc-getæl, folc-getæl.]
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v.  -róf.
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