Acolitus

Old English Dictionary Entry

Acolitus

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 acolitus

A light-bearer; lucifer :-- Acolitus is se ðe leóht berþ æt Godes þénungum acolite is he who bears the light at God's services, L.Ælf.P.34; Th.ii.378,7: L.Ælf.C.14; Th.ii.348,4. v.hádll. state, condition; ordo, gradus, etc. acolitus

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚳᚩᛚᛁᛏᚢᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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