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ge-béd-hús

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-béd-hús, es; n.
A prayer-house, an oratory, house of prayer; orātōrium, dĕmus orātiōnis
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  • Habbaþ ða wíc gebéd-hús

    the dwellings have a prayer-house,

    • Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 33
    • .
  • Mín hús biþ genemned gebéd-hús

    dŏmus mea dŏmus orātiōnis vocābitur,

    • Mk. Bos. 11, 17
    • .
  • Godes cyrce is úre gebéd-hús

    God's church is our prayer-house,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 584, 3
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. gabethús
.]
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