Hréd-eádig

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hréd-eádig

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hréd-eádig
adj. Glorious, noble, triumphant :-- Biþ ðǽr his þegna eác hréðeádig heáp there too shall be a triumphant band of his servants, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 33; Cri. 945. Sum biþ on huntoþe hréðeádigra deóra drǽfend one is more famous in hunting, a chaser of wild beasts, 78 b; Th. 295, 23; Crä. 37. [Thorpe and Grem take hréðeádigra as gen., but see Th. 298, 1; Crä. 78 for another comparative.] Hærfest biþ hréðeádegost hæleþum bringeþ géres wæstmas ða ðe him god sendeþ autumn is most glorious, it brings to man the fruits of the year which God sends them, Menol. Fox 475; Gn. C. 8. [Cf. Icel. hróðr-auðigr famous.] hred-eadig
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