heregeatwa

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Old English

Etymology

here +‎ ġeatwa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxe.reˌjæ͜ɑt.wɑ/,

Noun

hereġeatwa f pl

  1. war-gear
  2. heriot
    • 2006 June 1 [1970], Richard Hamer, editor, A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse, Croydon: Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 52:
      eregeatu means literally ‘war-gear’ but it had a technical sense referring to the dues, originally consisting of war equipment, to be repaid to a lord on his tenant’s death.