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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-béd-stów

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1 ge-béd-stów

f. A prayer place, place where prayers have been offered, an oratory; orātiōnis lōcus, orātōrium :-- In ðære gebédstówe æfter ðon monige mægen and hǽlo tácen gefremede wǽron in cūjus lŏco orātiōnis innŭmĕræ virtūtes sanĭtātum noscuntur esse patrātæ, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 28. He ne mæg lenge gewunian in gebédstówe he may not longer remain in the place of prayer, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 4; Jul. 376. On heora gebédstówe in their place of prayer, Blickl. Homl. 133, 19. ge-bed-stow,gebed-stow
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᛖᛞ-ᛋᛏᚩᚹ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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