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gestrum

gestrum [cf. κέστρα] , dagger. tela ‥ et gladii quorum nomina in veteribus historiis reperiuntur: ‥ gesa, spari, ‥ ~i Balsh. Ut. 49; 1442 lego fratri meo ‥ j zonam ‥ cum j ~o operato super caput cum argento Test. Ebor. II 84; 1445 cives ‥ cultellos aut ~a ‥ vendentes, ac de vaginis ad vendendum extrahentes ‥ vel hujusmodi cultellos et ~a super mucrones aut fines vendicioni ponentes Mem. York I 136; 1477 Thomam cum quodam ~o ‥ felonice percussit Sanct. Durh. 12; a daggar, ~um, pugio, spaurum CathA; 1500 in gutture cum ~o, A. dagger, percussit Mem. Ripon I 312.

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