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god-web

  • noun [ neuter ]
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god-web, gode-web, -webb; gen. -webbes; n.
A divine or very, precious web, purple cloth, excellently woven material
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  • Mid golde and mid godewæbbe gefrætewod

    auro et purpura compositum,

      Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 32: HomL Th. i. 62, 26.

  • Godweb mid golde gefágod

    a purple garment variegated with gold,

      Blickl. Homl: 113, 20.

  • Weofod bewrigen mid baswe godwebbe

    an altar covered with a purple pall,

      207, 17.

  • Twegea bleó godwebb fine cloth of two colours; ex duplici tinctura, Past. 14, 6; Swt. 87, 9; Hat. MS. Heó bewand sce adrianes hand on godwebbe

    she wrapped up St. Adrian's hand in fine linen,

      Shrn. 59, 35.

  • Gold and godweb iosepes gestreón

    gold and purple, Joseph's treasures,

      Cd. 171; Th. 215, 22; Exod. 587: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 49; Met. 8, 25.

  • Geolo godwebb

    yellow silk,

      Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 25; Rä. 36, 10.

  • Godwebba cyst

    choicest of textures [the veil of the temple],

      Exon. 24 b; Th. 70, 8; Cri. 1135.
Etymology
[O. Sax. godu-webbi: O. Frs. god-wob; Icel. guð-vefr: O. H. Ger. gota-, goto-, gotu-, cots-, coti-weppi sericum, purpura, polymitum, byssus, Grff. i. 646-8.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “god-web.” 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/17343.

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