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  • Be ðæs mynstres geatwearde (

    ostiario). Tó þæs mynstres geate sý geatweard geset . . . Se geatweard (porterius )

    sceal cýtan habban wið þæt geat,
      R. Ben. 126, 14-19.
  • Heó becóm tó þám mynstre . . . þá eóde se geatweard tó þám abbode, and cwæð him tó : ' Fæder, hér is cumen . . . , ' Hml. S. 33, 136.
  • Wæs ðǽr swiþe egeslic geatweard, ðæs nama sceolde beón Caron,

      Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 18.
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[Seo heofenlice iateward, Chr. 656 ; P. 31, 32. v. N. E. D. gate-ward.]
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