God-webb

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - god-webb

According to the Old English Dictionary:

god-webb
adj. I. of purple or costly material :-- For þám godwebum hræglum ex purpureis vestibus, Gr. D. 13, 18. II. made of silk or cotton :-- Of ealseolcenum, sidenum olosericis, godewebbum, sidenum bombicinis (the passage is: Olosericis et bombicinis indutum vestibus. Perhaps godewebbum might be intended to represent bombicinis vestibus. Cf. god-webb; II. 1. In Hpt. Gl. 480, 61 bombicinis is glossed by godwebbenum), An. Ox. 3162. [Mid godewebbum sericis, 5322. Here the word seems to be a noun: see last passage under god-webb; I.] v. eall-godwebb. god-webb
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