Gewil-bod

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gewil-bod

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 gewil-bod

n. The announcement of a person's will:--Ne dear ic for Godes ege sóðes geswugian . . . for ðám se bydel þe ne bodað ná his hláfordes gewilboda (the messenger that does not give the message that tells his lord's will), hé mæg him wénan hefélices leánes, Wlfst. 177, 24. Se bydel þe forsweogað his hláfordes gewilboda, 191, 22. gewil-bod

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᚹᛁᛚ-ᛒᚩᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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