God-web

Old English Dictionary Entry

God-web

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: gode-web, -webb; Related words:

Definitions

1 god-web

gen. -webbes; n. A divine or very, precious web, purple cloth, excellently woven material :-- Mid golde and mid godewæbbe gefrætewod auro et purpura compositum, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 32: HomL Th. i. 62, 26. Godweb mid golde gefágod a purple garment variegated with gold, Blickl. Homl: 113, 20. Weofod bewrigen mid baswe godwebbe an altar covered with a purple pall, 207, 17. Twegea bleó godwebb fine cloth of two colours; ex duplici tinctura, Past. 14, 6; Swt. 87, 9; Hat. MS. Heó bewand sce adrianes hand on godwebbe she wrapped up St. Adrian's hand in fine linen, Shrn. 59, 35. Gold and godweb iosepes gestreón gold and purple, Joseph's treasures, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 22; Exod. 587: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 49; Met. 8, 25. Geolo godwebb yellow silk, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 25; Rä. 36, 10. Godwebba cyst choicest of textures [the veil of the temple], Exon. 24 b; Th. 70, 8; Cri. 1135. [O. Sax. godu-webbi: O. Frs. god-wob; Icel. guð-vefr: O. H. Ger. gota-, goto-, gotu-, cots-, coti-weppi sericum, purpura, polymitum, byssus, Grff. i. 646-8.] god-web

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ᚷᚩᛞ-ᚹᛖᛒ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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