Hungor-geár

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hungor-geár

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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hungor-geár
n. A year of famine :-- Ðá hæfde se hálga wer gedǽled ðæs mynstres þing hafenleásum mannum for ðam hungergeáre the saint had distributed the provisions of the monastery to indigent men on account of the year of famine, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 20. hungor-gear
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