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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-béd-man

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1 ge-béd-man

m. A prayer-man, one whose duty it is to pray, one of the clergy, worshipper; ōrātor, adōrātor :-- He sceal hæbban gebéd-men and fyrdmen and weorcmen he must have prayer-men and soldiers and workmen, Bt. 17; Fox 58, 33, Sóþe gebéd-men gebiddap fæder on gáste and on sóþfæstnesse vēri adōrātōres adōrābunt Patrem in spīrĭtu et vērĭtāte, Jn, Bos. 4, 23. ge-bed-man
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᛖᛞ-ᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
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