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wæl-gim

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wæl-gim, wæl-gimm, es; m.
The word seems to be an epithet for the sheath of a sword, which is called in the riddle the sword's byrne
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  • Byrne is mín (

    a sword's

    ) bleófág, swylce beorht seomað (-d,
      MS.)
    wír ymb ðone wælgim, ðe mé waldend geaf, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4.
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  • wæl-gim, n.