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eorþ-weall

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a rampart, mound made by the earth taken from a dyke and raised along it
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  • Hé hit begyrde and gefæstnade mid díce and mid eorðwealle

    magnam fossam firmissimumque uallum duxit,

    • Bd. 1, 5
      • ;
    • Sch. 17, 20
      • .

  • Mid díce and mid eorðwealle útan ymbsealde

    circumvallante aggere,

    • 4, 28
      • ;
    • Sch. 520, 1
      • .

  • Se cásere hét dícian and eorðwall (-weall, v. l.) gewyrcan

    uallum fecerat,

    • 1, 12
      • ;
    • Sch. 33, 27
      • .
a wall formed by the ground, the side or roof of a cave
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  • Hé beáh under eorðweall

    he went into the cave,

    • B. 2957
      • .

  • Inn under eorðweall,

    • 3090
      • .

  • (Cf. under wealle,

    • 3060.

    Beorges getrúwode, wíges and wealles,

    • 2323.)
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eorþ-weall.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/44183.

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