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ring-hoard

ring-hoard noun: a large hoard of treasure.

Noun

ring-hoard (plural ring-hoards)

  1. A large hoard of treasure.
    • The slayer also lay,
      The terrible earth-drake deprived of life,
      Oppressed by bale: the ring-hoard longer
      The twisted worm, might not control.1887, Albert H[arris] Tolman, The Style of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, page 15
    • Then the vault was rifled,
      the ring-hoard robbed, and the wretched man
      had his request granted.1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 72

Forms of ring-hoard

pluralring-hoards

Origin of ring-hoard

Literary calque of Old English bēah hord, from bēah (“ring”) + hord (“hoard”).

Questions about ring-hoard

What does ring-hoard mean?
Ring-hoard means a large hoard of treasure.
What part of speech is ring-hoard?
Ring-hoard is a noun.
What is the plural of ring-hoard?
The plural of ring-hoard is ring-hoards.

Words near ring-hoard in the dictionary

  1. ring-giver
  2. ring-givers
  3. ring-giving
  4. ring-hall
  5. ring-halls
  6. ring-hoard
  7. ring-hoards
  8. ring-in
  9. ring-ins
  10. ring-light
  11. ring-lights

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