Hord-geat

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hord-geat

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-gat, es;

hord-geat
n. A door through which a treasure is reached :-- Hwylc ðæs hordgates cǽgan cræfte ða clamme onleác which, by the key's art, unlocked the fastenings of the door to the treasure, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 28; Rä. 43, 11. hord-geat
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