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ge-bócian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-bócian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bócian to give by charter] ,
to give or grant by book or charter, to charter; libro vel charta dōnāre
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  • Ðis is seó bóc, ðe Æðelstán cing gebócode Friþestáne bisceope

    this is the charter which king Athelstan chartered to bishop Frithestan,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 187, 19: 966; 218, 12
      • .

  • Gebócode Æðelwulf [MS. Aðel-wulf ] cing teóðan dǽl his landes, ofer ealle his ríce, Gode to lofe

    king Æthelwulf chartered the tenth part of his land over all his kingdom for the glory of God,

    • Chr. 856; Th. 124, 22, col. 3
      • :
    • Text. Rof. 115, 22
      • .
to furnish with books; libris instruĕre
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  • Gé preóstas sculon beón gebócode

    ye priests shall be furnished with books,

    • L. Ælf. P. 44; Th. ii. 382, 36
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-bócian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13718.

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