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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-béd-hús

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1 ge-béd-hús

n. A prayer-house, an oratory, house of prayer; orātōrium, dĕmus orātiōnis :-- Habbaþ ða wíc gebéd-hús the dwellings have a prayer-house, Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 33. Mín hús biþ genemned gebéd-hús dŏmus mea dŏmus orātiōnis vocābitur, Mk. Bos. 11, 17. Godes cyrce is úre gebéd-hús God's church is our prayer-house, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 3. [O. H. Ger. gabethús.] ge-bed-hus,gebed-hus
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᛖᛞ-ᚻᚢᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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