war-mask
war-mask noun: a mask, visor, or the like, worn on the head into battle.
Noun
war-mask (plural war-masks)
- A mask, visor, or the like, worn on the head into battle.
- He that heedeth the path of the spear in the battle
Ran away from the fight, and he wept as he wended;
Unto him as he ran there, that warder of war-mask,
Nowise good was the hope of his getting him peace.1892, William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon, The Saga Library: The story of the Ere-dwellers (Eyrbyggja Saga), London: Bernard Quaritch, page 41 - “Now, my friend, don't you recognise
your father's sword, his favourite weapon,
the one he wore when he went out in his war-mask
to face the Danes on that final day.”1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 65
- He that heedeth the path of the spear in the battle
Forms of war-mask
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Questions about war-mask
- What does war-mask mean?
- War-mask means a mask, visor, or the like, worn on the head into battle.
- What part of speech is war-mask?
- War-mask is a noun.
- What is the plural of war-mask?
- The plural of war-mask is war-masks.
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