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ring-hoard

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A large hoard of treasure.

Examples

“The slayer also lay⟳, The terrible earth-drake deprived of life, Oppressed by bale: the ring-hoard longer The twisted worm, might not control⟳.”
“Then the vault was rifled, the ring-hoard robbed, and the wretched man had his request⟳ granted.”
“In Western Scandinavia [...] both hacksilver and ring⟳ hoards seem to occur⟳ later, and to belong⟳ on the whole to the 10th and 11th centuries.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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