Dóm-bóc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dóm-bóc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ] DOOM-BOOK,

Definitions

1 dóm-bóc

f. [bóc a book, q. a book of decrees or laws; lĭber judĭciālis :-- Béte be ðam ðe seó dóm-bóc secge let him pay a fine according as the doom-book may say, L. Ath. i. 5; Th. i. 202, 7: L. Edg. i. 3; Th. i. 262, 23: i. 5; Th. i. 264, 20. Swá hit on ðære dóm-béc stande as it stands in the doom-book, L. Ed. prm; Th. i. 158, 4. Ne þearf he nánra dómbóca óðerra cépan he need not heed any other doom books, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 30. Óþ-ðæt he com to ðám dómbócum, ðe se heofenlíca Wealdend his folce gesette until he came to the doom-books, which the heavenly Ruler appointed for his people, Homl. Th. ii. 198, 18. dom-boc

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ᛞᚩᛗ-ᛒᚩᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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