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spell-boda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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spell-boda, an; m.
one who delivers a message, or
brings intelligence, a messenger, an ambassador
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  • Sancte Iohannes wæs gelíc Godes englum & hé wæs béme, Cristes fricca on ðysne middangeard, & wæs Godes Suna spellboda,

      Blickl. Homl. 163, 22.

  • Hú ðæt wæs weallende spelboda, se ðe ðone Hǽlend on ðysne middangeard cumendne gesecgean wolde,

      165, 33.

  • Heora feóndas flód ádrencte ðæt ðæra ǽfre ne com án spelboda

    there was never a one left to tell the tale

    ,
      Ps. Th. 105, 10.

  • Him andswarode Godes spelboda (the prophet Daniel): 'Nó ic wið feohsceattum ofer folc bere Drihtnes dómas,' Cd. Th. 262, 12; Dan. 743: 249, 20; Dan. 533:

    the angel Gabriel

    ,
      Exon. Th. 21, 17; Cri. 336.

  • Ðus gieddade Godes spelboda (

    Job

    ),
      236, 9; Ph. 571.

  • Godes spelbodan

    the prophets

    ,
      104, 22 ; Gú. 11.

  • Godes spellbodan (

    the angels who came to Lot

    ),
      Cd. Th. 150, 19; Gen. 2494.

  • Spelbodan (

    those who should have brought the news of Pharaoh's overthrow

    ),
      210, 10; Exod. 513.

  • Spelbodan

    oratores

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 68.
one who delivers a discourse, a public speaker
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  • Spelboda

    causidicus

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 14.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “spell-boda.” 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/28447.

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