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mund-byrd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mund-byrd, e; f. (v. mund, mund-bora).
protection, patronage, aid
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  • Mundbyrd

    suffragium,

    • Ep. Gl. 24b, 32 :

    patrocinium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 59 : ii. 66, 53 : 116, 3 : Hpt. 497, 59.

  • Hé þancaþ Gode his mundbyrde, ðonne hé hine of hwylcum earfoþum álysed hæfþ,

    • Ps. Th. 17, arg.

  • Se ðe him écean Godes tó mundbyrde miht gestreóneþ

    qui sperat in Domino,

    • 83, 13: Cd. 83
      • ;
    • Th. 105, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 1753.

  • Mundbyrde and fultome

    presidio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 41.

  • Under mundbyr[d]e

    sub pretextu,

    • 79, 84: 84, 15.

  • Ic mundbyrd on ðé hæfde

    tu es meus protector,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 5.

  • Heó funde mundbyrd æt ðam mǽran þeódne,

    • Judth. 9
      • ;
    • Thw. 21, 2
      • ;
    • Jud. 3 : Andr. Kmbl. 1447
      • ;
    • An. 724: Exon.35a
      • ;
    • Th. 113, II
      • ;
    • Gū. 113.

  • Gif ðú dé tó swá mildum (heathen gods) mundbyrd sécest,

    • 68 a
      • ;
    • Th. 252, 29
      • ;
    • Jul. 170.

  • Ða mundbyrde

    (patro-einium)

    ðæs férendan fæder tó Drihtne,

    • Bd. 5, 22
      • ;
    • S. 644, 41.

  • Geornlíce mundbyrde gelýfaþ tó ðære stówe ( a church ),

    • Blickl. Homl. 207, 3.

  • Ðæt folc beág tó Eádwearde cyninge and sóhton his friþ and his mundbyrde,

    • Chr. 921
      • ;
    • Erl. 108, 2.

  • Ús gehǽl mid mundbyrdum

    nos salva patrociniis,

    • Hymn. Surt. 111, 44.
the fine paid for a violation of mund (v. mund, IV. a. b; mund-bryce, II.)
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  • Cyninges mundbyrd .L. scillinga,

    • L. Ethb. 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 6, 1: 15
      • ;
    • Th. i. 6, 12.

  • Ciricean mundbyrd .L. scill. swá cinges,

    • L. Wíh. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 36, 17.

  • Scyldig

    (liable to pay)

    cyninges mundbyrde,

    • L. Alf. pol. 5 Th. i. 64, 11.

  • Forgylde ðem mæn his mundbyrd (the fine for violating the man's mund

    by fighting in his house),

    • L. H. E. 14
      • ;
    • Th. i. 32, 15 : L. Ath. iv. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 224, l.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. O. L. Ger. mund-burd
:
O. H. Ger. mundi-burd.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mund-byrd.” 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/23216.

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