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hand-þegen

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hand-þegen, es; m.
An attendant, one of a retinue, servant
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  • Ðá hé ðá ðyder férde ðá wǽron his handþegnas twegen

    when he journeyed thither, two of his attendants were with him,

      Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 3.
  • Willfriþ his preóst and his hond-þeng

    Wilfrid his priest and attendant;

    clericus illius,
      Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 27: Cd. 224; Th. 295, 12; Sat. 485.
Etymology
[Cf. hand-gesella, -preóst.]
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