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pistol-bóc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
pistol-bóc, f.
A book containing the Epistles
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  • Hé (

    the priest

    ) sceal habban ða wǽpna tó ðam gástlícum weorce ... ðæt synd ða hálgan béc, saltere and pistolbóc, godspellbóc and mæssebóc,
      L. Ælfc. C. 21 ; Th. ii. 350, 11-13.
  • Hé (

    bishop Leofric) hæfþ ðiderynn (St. Peter's minster at Exeter )

    gedón ... ii. pistelbéc ... Hé ne funde on ðam mynstre ðá hé tó féng bóca ná má búton ... .i. pistelbóc ... ,
      Chart. Th. 430, 8-29.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. pistla-bók.]
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