(but
denoting
only one sword) ēacnum ecgum, 2141;
gen.
gen.
Beowulf
sg.
wið ord and wið ecge ingang forstōd, _defended the
entrance against point and edge_ (i. e. against spear and sword), 1550;
mēces ecge, 1813; nom. pl. ecge, 1146. --_Sword, battle-axe, any cutting
weapon_: nom. 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.
entrance against point and edge_ (i. e. against spear and sword), 1550;
mēces ecge, 1813; nom. pl. ecge, 1146. --_Sword, battle-axe, any cutting
weapon_: nom. 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.
