Hege-stæf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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hege-stæf

heg-), es; m. A bar used to stop an opening in a fence (?) :-- Hegstæf clatrum (= ? GREEK a bar, bolt; Latin clathri, clatri a trellis, grate), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 67. Cf. Dorebar clatrus, i. 203, 35. Barre clatrus, 237, 34. hege-stæf