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wígbed-þegen

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wígbed-þegen, es; m.
A minister of the altar, an ecclesiastic who performs service at the altar
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  • Gif weófodþén, ðæt is, biscop oððe mæssepreóst oððe diácon, gewífode ... hí forbudon ǽlc wíflác weófodþénum,

      L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 336, 3-13: Wulfst. 270, 21.
  • Gif weófodþén his ágen líf rihtlíce fadige, ðonne sí hé fulles þegnweres wurðe,

      L. Eth. ix. 28; Th. i. 346, 17.
  • Be gehádedum mannum. Gif weófodþegen manslaga wyrðe,

      L. C. S. 41; Th. i. 400, 13.
  • Gif man freóndleásne weófodþén mid tihtlan belecge,

      L. Eth. ix. 22; Th. i. 344, 22: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 18: L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 398, 25.
  • Weófodþéna mǽðe medemige man for Godes ege,

      L. Eth. ix. 18; Th. i. 344, 9.
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  • wígbed-þegen, n.