Ring-hoard

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"The slayer also lay, The terrible earth-drake deprived of life, Oppressed by bale: the ring-hoard longer The twisted worm, might not control."

Etymology

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

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