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port-weall

  • noun [ masculine ]
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port-weall, es ; m.
A town-wall
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  • Man gengde ábútan ðone portweall,

      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 267.
  • Ða heáfodleásan man héngc on ða portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum, and ðǽr flugon hrócas and hremmas intó ðære byrig geond ða portweallas, and tósliton ða hálgan Godes dyrlingas,

      23, 73-80.
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  • port-weall, n.