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hǽð-stapa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hǽð-stapa, an; m.
A heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country
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  • Ðeáh ðe hǽðstapa hundum geswenced heorot holtwudu séce

    although the heath-wanderer, the hart by the hounds wearied, seek that wood,

      Beo.Th. 2740; B. 1368.
  • Wulf hár hǽðstapa

    the wolf, the grey wanderer of the heath,

      Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 6 : Vy. 13.
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  • hǽð-stapa, n.