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wæl-rǽs

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wæl-rǽs, es; m.
A deadly attack, an attack in which men are slain
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  • Wæs sió swátswaðu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne,

      Beo. Th. 5886; B. 2947.
  • Æfter wælrǽse wunde gedýgan,

      5055; B. 2531.
  • Æfter ðam wælrǽse (

    the fight in which Grendel was mortally wounded

    ),
      1652; B. 824.
  • Mé ðone wælrǽs wine Scyldinga leánode,

      4208; B. 2101.
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  • wæl-rǽs, n.