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dæg-sceald

  • noun [ masculine ]
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dæg-sceald, eses; m. [dæg day, sceald = scild, scyld a shield]
A day shield or screen; diei velamen
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  • Dægscealdes hleó wand ofer wolcnum

    the day shield's shade [i. e. the pillar of cloud] rolled over the clouds,

    • Cd. 146
    • ;
    • Th. 182,
    • 22;
    • Exod. 79
    • .
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v.  sceald.
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  • dæg-sceald, n.