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ring-hoards

ring-hoards is the plural of ring-hoard.

Meaning of ring-hoard

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

Questions about ring-hoards

What is ring-hoards the plural of?
Ring-hoards is the plural of ring-hoard.

Words near ring-hoards in the dictionary

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

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