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Old English Dictionary Entry

Scrift-bóc

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1 scrift-bóc

f. I. a penitential, a book staling the penances to be enjoined after confession for various sins :-- i. scriftbóc on Englisc, Chart. Th. 430, 20; cf. L. Ælfc. P. 44 ; Th. ii. 384, 2. Swá hwylc swá ðás scriftbóc tilige tó ábrecanne quicunque Confessionale hoc violare conatus fuerit, L. Ecg. P. Addit. ; Th. ii. 238, 8. Ða mæssepreóstas sceolan heora scriftbóc mid rihte tǽcan and lǽran, swá swá hié úre fæderas ǽr démdon, Blickl. Homl. 43, 8. II. a discourse referring to penance :-- Lárspel and scriftbóc (the title of the homily). Wulfst. 242, 22. scrift-boc
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᚱᛁᚠᛏ-ᛒᚩᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Latin

Works & Authors

Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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