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Regol-weard

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1 regol-weard

m. The guardian of a rule, (1) an authority in the matter of the observance of a rule (none aprilis, hé sceal mid his ealdorscipe ealle ða óðre gerihtan and gereccan, ðæs ðe ða regolweardas (those who state with authority what the rule or rules on the point may be) ús héton secgan, Anglia viii. 329, 8. (2) One who sees that a rule (is observed, a provost, cui tempore illo praepositus Boisil fuit . . . Postquam Cudberct eidem monasterio factus praepositus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 603, 37-43. Se ylca Bosel wæs reogolweard ðæs mynstres on Mailros under Eatan ðam Abbude idem Boisil praepositus monasterii Mailrosensis sub Abbate Eata, 5, 9; S. 622, 29. Ond ðás forecuædenan suǽsenda all ágefe mon ðæm reogolwarde, and hé brytniæ swǽ hígum mǽst réd síe, Chart. Th. 460, 37. Se reogolweord, 460, 16. (3) a ruler :-- Sum reiglword (regoloword, Rush.) quidam regulus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 46. Se reglword regulus, 4, 49. regol-weard
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ᚱᛖᚷᚩᛚ-ᚹᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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