Gúþ-cyst

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gúþ-cyst

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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gúþ-cyst
f. Warlike excellence, bravery :-- Sunu simeones sweótum cómon þridde þeódmægen gúþcyste onþrang the sons of Simeon came in troops, a third great force bravely pressed on [or cyst = troop, band, and gúþcyste onþrang = pressed on in phalanx, cf. sweótum cómon], Cd. 160; Th. 199, 24; Exod. 343. [Cf. hilde-cyst.] guþ-cyst
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