Heorþ-werod

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

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heorþ-werod

n. A band of household retainers, those who share the same hearth, a family :-- Ðá wearþ Jafeðe áféded heorþwerod suna and dóhtra then for Japhet was reared a family of sons and daughters, Cd. 78; Th. 96, 35; Gen. 1605. Se hálga héht his heorþwerod wǽpna onfón the holy man bade his retainers take their weapons, 94; Th. 123, 4; Gen. 2039: 95; Th. 125, 8; Gen. 2076: Byrht. Th. 132, 30; By. 24. heorþ-werod