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wígbed-sceát

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wígbed-sceát, es; m.
An altar-cloth
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  • Bewindan ða mágas ðæs cildes hand on ðæs altares weófodsceáte (

    in palla altaris

    ),
      R. Ben. 103, 14.
  • Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Ðǽr synd ... .ii. mæssereáf and iii mæssehakelan and ii weóvedsceátas and ii overbrǽdels,

      Cod. Dip. B. iii. 660, 33.
  • Hit gedafenlíc is ðæt his (

    the priest's

    ) reáf ne beó horig, and his weófodsceátas beón wel behworfene,
      L. Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 21.
  • Hé hæfð ðiderynn gedón ... .v. wællene weófodsceátas and .vii. oferbrǽdelsas. Chart. Th. 429, 25.
  • Gif hwá wyle wyrcan weófodsceátas oððe óðre reáf of his ealdum cláðum, gesylle ða ealdan, and geceápige níwe,

      Homl. Ass. 35, 284. v. next word.
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  • wígbed-sceát, n.