Hand-gemǽne

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hand-gemǽne

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hand-gemǽne
in the phrase handgemǽne beón (cf. Germ. handgemein werden to fight hand lo hand) :-- Ðǽr unc hwíle wæs handgemǽne there for a time it was for the two of us hand-to-hand fighting, B. 2137. hand-gemæne
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