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ge-béd-stów

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-béd-stów, e; f.
A prayer place, place where prayers have been offered, an oratory; orātiōnis lōcus, orātōrium
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  • In ðære gebédstówe æfter ðon monige mægen and hǽlo tácen gefremede wǽron

    in cūjus lŏco orātiōnis innŭmĕræ virtūtes sanĭtātum noscuntur esse patrātæ,

    • Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 28
    • .
  • He ne mæg lenge gewunian in gebédstówe

    he may not longer remain in the place of prayer,

    • Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 4
    • ;
    • Jul. 376
    • .
  • On heora gebédstówe

    in their place of prayer,

    • Blickl. Homl. 133, 19
    • .
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