Pistol-bóc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Pistol-bóc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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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

Runic Inscription

ᛈᛁᛋᛏᚩᛚ-ᛒᚩᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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