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hand-bóc

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a book containing the order of service for extreme unction, baptism and catechisms ; manuale
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  • Mæssepreóst sceal húru habban . . . handbóc, penitentialem, . . . ,

      Ll. Th. ii. 384, 1.
a hand-book, manual
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  • Wé gesetton on þissum enchiridion, ꝥ ys mannalis on lyden and handbóc on englisc, manega þing ymbe gerímcræft,

      Angl. viii. 321, 34.
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[Icel. hand-bók.]
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