Hús-bonda

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hús-bonda

Add :-- þonne gé tó gereorde gelaðode beóð, ne sitte gé on þám fyrmestam setlum, þe lǽs ðé árwurðra (honoratior te. Lk. 14, 8) wer æfter ðé cume, and se húsbonda (-bunda, ) háte þé árísan and rýman þám óðrum, Mt. 20, 28. [In the old Latin version of Ine's laws húslgenga is misunderstood, and (written hulsgenga) is explained as ' duodecimhindus uel husbonda', Ll. Lbmn. 97, 19. In a previous section (15) it is explained as ' duodecimhyndus'.] hus-bonda

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