Wǽpen-gewrixl

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wǽpen-gewrixl

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-gewrixle, es;

wǽpen-gewrixl
n. A passage of arms, an exchange of blows, a conflict, fight :-- Gif hit geweorðe, ðæt wǽpngewrixl weorðe gemǽne þegene and þrǽle, Wulfst. 162, 7. Ðæt heó beaduweorca beteran wurdun on campstede, gármittinge, gumena gemótes, wǽpengewrixles, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 17. [Cf. Icel. vápna-skipti, -viðskipti.] wæpen-gewrixl
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