,
_murderer
by the sword_: dat.
Beowulf
sg.
ne wæs ecg bona (_not the sword killed him_), 2507; sīo
ecg brūn (Bēowulf's sword Nægling), 2578; hyne ecg fornam, _the sword
snatched him away_, 2773, etc. ; nom. pl. ecga, 2829; dat. pl. æscum and
ecgum, 1773; dat. pl. (but denoting only one sword) ēacnum ecgum, 2141;
gen. pl. ecga, 483, 806, 1169;--_blade_: ecg wæs īren, 1460. --Comp. : brūn-,
heard-, stȳl-ecg, adj.
ecg-bana, w. m.
, _murderer by the sword_: dat. sg. Cain wearð tō ecg-banan
āngan brēðer, 1263.
ecg-hete, st. m. , _sword-hate, enmity which the sword carries out_: nom.
sg. , 84, 1739.
ecg-þracu, st. f. , _sword-storm_ (of violent combat): acc. atole ecg-þræce,
597.
ed-hwyrft, st. m. , _return_ (of a former condition): þā þǣr sōna wearð
edhwyrft eorlum, siððan inne fealh Grendles mōdor (i. e.
ecg brūn (Bēowulf's sword Nægling), 2578; hyne ecg fornam, _the sword
snatched him away_, 2773, etc. ; nom. pl. ecga, 2829; dat. pl. æscum and
ecgum, 1773; dat. pl. (but denoting only one sword) ēacnum ecgum, 2141;
gen. pl. ecga, 483, 806, 1169;--_blade_: ecg wæs īren, 1460. --Comp. : brūn-,
heard-, stȳl-ecg, adj.
ecg-bana, w. m.
, _murderer by the sword_: dat. sg. Cain wearð tō ecg-banan
āngan brēðer, 1263.
ecg-hete, st. m. , _sword-hate, enmity which the sword carries out_: nom.
sg. , 84, 1739.
ecg-þracu, st. f. , _sword-storm_ (of violent combat): acc. atole ecg-þræce,
597.
ed-hwyrft, st. m. , _return_ (of a former condition): þā þǣr sōna wearð
edhwyrft eorlum, siððan inne fealh Grendles mōdor (i. e.
