Méd-gilda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Méd-gilda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: 25, 39. med-gilda

Definitions

1 méd-gilda

m. One who receives pay, a needy person :-- Wædla l médgylda mendicus, Ps. Lamb. 39, 18. Se hýra oððe se médgylda the hireling or the mercenary, Homl. Th. i. 242, 5. Swá swá médgildan (hireling's) dagas, ii. 454, 27. Nafa ðú ðínne néhstan for weal and for médgildan non fratrem tuum opprimes servitute famulorum, Le

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ᛗᛖᛞ-ᚷᛁᛚᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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