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hæg-steald

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  • Warna ǽr cniht beón þænne hægesteald ł geong cempa

    caue ante miles esse quam tiro,

      Scint. 205, 9.
  • Sé ðe hehstald (uirgo) gecoren is . . . ꝥte ðá hehstald hehstald gehealde

    (ut uirginem uirgo seruarei),

      Jn. p. l, 2-5.
  • Ðǽr hehstalde

    uirgini,

      2, 4.
  • Of heghstald

    ex uirgine.

      Mt. p. 13, 2.
  • Swylce geongum hægstealde, rince, hysse

    ut effebo hircitallo,

      An. Ox. 3476.
  • Ðerh ꝥ hehstald

    per uirginem,

      Jn. p. i. 13.
  • Alle hehstalde ðá ilco,

      Mt. 25, 7.
  • Hehstaldo, ii. -¶

    In a local name

    :-- Ad locum qui dicitur
      Hægstaldescumb, C. D. B. i. 97, 23.
  • Hegsteldescumb,

      C. D. v. 104, l.
Etymology
[Thu worrf seems to mean at first the owner (cf. Goth. sealdan to own) of a hæg, a small piece of land insufficient to maintain a household). Cf. Hagustaldes-ea.]
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