Wripen-hilt

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wripen-hilt

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wripen-hilt
adj. Having a kilt bound round [' In some specimens of swords the handles are wound round with gold wire,' Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 29] :-- Ðæt sweord, írena cyst, wreoþenhilt and wyrmtáh, Beo. Th. 3400 ; B. 1698. wripen-hilt
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