Old English Dictionary Entry

Wígbed-sceát

Part of speech: es; Related words: wællene weófodsceátas and .vii. oferbrǽdelsas. Chart. Th. 429, 25. Gif hwá wyle wyrcan weófodsceátas oððe óðre reáf of his ealdum cláðum, gesylle ða ealdan, and geceápige níwe, Homl. Ass. 35, 284. v. next word. wigbed-sceat

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1 wígbed-sceát

m. An altar-cloth :-- Bewindan ða mágas ðæs cildes hand on ðæs altares weófodsceáte (in palla altaris), R. Ben. 103, 14. Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Ðǽr synd ... .ii. mæssereáf and iii mæssehakelan and ii weóvedsceátas and ii overbrǽdels, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 660, 33. Hit gedafenlíc is ðæt his (the priest's) reáf ne beó horig, and his weófodsceátas beón wel behworfene, L. Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 21. Hé hæfð ðiderynn gedón ... .

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Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚷᛒᛖᛞ-ᛋᚳᛖᚪᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.: Latin

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C.: Corpus Christi College MS
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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