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Old English Dictionary Entry

Pistol-bóc

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1 pistol-bóc

f. A book containing the Epistles :-- Hé (the priest) sceal habban ða wǽpna tó ðam gástlícum weorce ... ðæt synd ða hálgan béc, saltere and pistolbóc, godspellbóc and mæssebóc, L. Ælfc. C. 21 ; Th. ii. 350, 11-13. Hé (bishop Leofric) hæfþ ðiderynn (St. Peter's minster at Exeter) gedón ... ii. pistelbéc ... Hé ne funde on ðam mynstre ðá hé tó féng bóca ná má búton ... .i. pistelbóc ... , Chart. Th. 430, 8-29. [Cf. Icel. pistla-bók.] pistol-boc
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛈᛁᛋᛏᚩᛚ-ᛒᚩᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Icel.
Icelandic
L.
Latin

Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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