Old English Dictionary Entry

Wīs-bōc

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

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1 wīs-bōc

f. A book in which the slate of things is described, a record :-- Eágan dīne gesāwon dæt ic wæs unfrom on ferhþe; eall dæt forþ heonan on dīnum wīsbōcum āwriten standeþ imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libra tuo omnes scribentur, Ps. Th. 138, 14. wis-boc

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛋ-ᛒᚩᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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