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Ge-bócian

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1 ge-bócian

p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bócian to give by charter], I. to give or grant by book or charter, to charter; libro vel charta dōnāre :-- Ðis is seó bóc, ðe Æðelstán cing gebócode Friþestáne bisceope this is the charter which king Athelstan chartered to bishop Frithestan, Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 187, 19: 966; 218, 12. Gebócode Æðelwulf [MS. Aðel-wulf ] cing teóðan dǽl his landes, ofer ealle his ríce, Gode to lofe king Æthelwulf chartered the tenth part of his land over all his kingdom for the glory of God, Chr. 856; Th. 124, 22, col. 3: Text. Rof. 115, 22. II. to furnish with books; libris instruĕre :-- Gé preóstas sculon beón gebócode ye priests shall be furnished with books, L. Ælf. P. 44; Th. ii. 382, 36. ge-bocian
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ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚩᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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