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mæsse-bóc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mæsse-bóc, gen. -béc; f.
A mass-book, missal
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  • Saltere and pistol*-*bóc, godspellbóc and mæssebóc, sangbóc and handbóc, gerím and pastoralem, penitentialem and rǽdingbóc, ðás béc sceal mæssepreóst néde habban,

    • L. Ælfc. C. 21
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 350, 13: Chart. Th. 430, 7.
  • On ðǽm ealdan sacramentorium, ðæt is on ðǽm ealdan mæssebócum,

    • Shrn. 88, 5.
Etymology
[
Orm. Havel. messe-bok
:
O. H. Ger. missi-puoh missalis
:
Icel. messu-bók
.]
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  • mæsse-bóc, n.