Old English Dictionary Entry

Húsel-fæt

Part of speech: es; n.

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1 húsel-fæt

A sacrificial vessel, [in Christian times] a sacramental vessel :-- Húselfatu vasa sacra, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 9. Subdiaconus is underdiácon se ðe ða fatu byrþ forþ tó ðam diácone and þénaþ under ðam diácone æt ðam hálgan weófode mid ðam huselfatum, L. Ælfc. C. 15; Th. ii. 348, 11. Húslfatu hálegu the vessels of the temple, Cd. 209; Th. 260, 5; Dan. 705: 212; Th. 262, 24; Dan. 749. husel-fæt

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Runic Inscription

ᚻᚢᛋᛖᛚ-ᚠᚫᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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