ge-spelia
- noun [ masculine ]
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Cristen cyning is Cristes gespelia geteald on cristenre þeóde
a christian king is accounted Christ's vicegerent among christian people,
- L. Eth. ix. 2; Th. i. 340, 12.
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Wið Cristes gespelian
against Christ's vicegerent,
ix.- 42; Th. i. 350, 3.
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He wæs Æþelstánes b' gespelian siððan he unfere wæs
he was bishop Athelstane's substitute after he was unable to move,
- Chr. 1055 ; Erl. 191, 12.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-spelia.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16096.
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