Old English Dictionary Entry

Ceáp-sceamul

Part of speech: -sceamel, es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ceáp-sceamul

m. [scamel a bench, seat] A toll-booth, custom-house, treasury; mercatorium scabellum, telonium = HEBREW , gazophylacium = GREEK :-- He geseah Leui, æt ceápsceamule sittende vidit Levi, sedentem ad telonium, Lk. Bos. 5, 27. Ðás word he spæc æt ceápsceamele hæc verba locutus est in gazophylacio, Jn. Bos. 8, 20. ceap-sceamul

Similar Words

-cafstrian
-cirre
-clips
-cnáwe
-cnáwlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛖᚪᛈ-ᛋᚳᛠᛗᚢᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)

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