Wīg-steall

De acordo com o Dicionário de Inglês Antigo:

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wīg-steall

A defensive position, a bulwark, bastion, defence :-- Wīgsteal propugnaculum, Hpt. Gl. 487, 17: 530, 3. Hē lǣteþ inwitflān brecan done burgweal, de him bebeád Meotud dæt hē dæt wīgsteal wergan scealde. Exon. Th. 315, 30; Mod. 39. Hē wīgsteall sēceþ, heolstre behelmed. Salm. Kmbl. 208 ; Sal. 103. Wurdon hyra wīgsteal wēsten-staþolas, brosnade burgsteal, Exon. Th. 477, 21; Rum. 28. Wīgstealla propupnacula, Hpt. Gl. 426, 73. wig-steall