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Old English Dictionary Entry

Bisceopian

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1 bisceopian

p. ode; pp. od To exercise the office of a bishop, to oversee, visit, confirm; episcopali munere fungi, visitare, confirmare :-- Se bisceop biþ gesett to hádigenne preóstas, and to bisceopgenne cild the bishop is appointed for the ordaining of priests, and confirming of children, L. Ælf. C. 17; Th. ii. 348, 26. bisceopian
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛋᚳᛇᛈᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

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C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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