Disc-þén

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - disc-þén

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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disc-þén
m. [þegen, þén a minister, servant] A dish-servant, dish-bearer, minister of food, sewer; discĭfer, discophŏrus, cibi minister :-- Discþén discĭfer vel discophŏrus, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 68; Wrt. Voc. 26, 65. Godes engel gebrohte ðone discþén ðǽr he hine ǽr genam the angel of God brought the minister of food where he had before taken him, Homl. Th, i. 572, 9. disc-þen
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