Sinc-þegu

Según el Diccionario de Inglés Antiguo:

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sinc-þegu

o), e or indecl. ; f. Acceptance of treasure the gift of a lord :--Sceal sincþego and sweordgifu eówrum cynne álicgean . . . syððan æðelingas gefricgean eówerne dómleásne dǽd for your kin shall receiving a lord's costly present and gift of sword be no more . . . after men learn your inglorious deed (the desertion of their lord, Beowulf, at his need), Beo. Th. 5760 ; B. 2884. Gemon hé sincþege he remembers receiving costly presents from his lord, Exon. Th. 288, 21 ; Wand. 34. Cf. sinc-gifa, and see other cpds. of þegu. sinc-þegu