In-byrdling

Old English Dictionary Entry

In-byrdling

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 in-byrdling

m. A slave born in a master's house :-- Inberdling vel fóstorling verna vel vernaculus, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 34; Wrt. Voc. 50, 17. Inbyrdlingc vernaculus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 82. Sicul inberdli[n]c, sicilisc inhyrdlincg ( = -byrdling) siculus indigena, Hpt. Gl. 499. Mín inbyrdling biþ mín yrfenuma vernaculus meus heres meus erit, Gen. 15, 3. Ǽlc werhádes man on eówrum mǽgðum and inbyrdlingum and geboht þeówa omne masculinum in generationibus vestris, tam vernaculus quam emptitius, 17, 12. Ealle werhádes men his inhírédes ǽgðer ge imbyrdlingas ge gebohte þeówan omnes viri domus illius, tam vernaculi quam emptitii, 27. in-byrdling

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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