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sacerd

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sacerd, es; m.
A priest (the terns is not confined to the Christian priesthood)
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  • Sacerd vel cyrcþingere

    sacerdos,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 23 : Rtl. 125, 1
      • .

  • Hæfde se sacerd ( sacerdos) on Madian seofon dohtra,

    • Ex. 2, 16
      • .

  • Moises heóld his mǽges sceáp ðæs sacerdes on Madian,

    • 3, 1
      • .

  • Putifares dohtor ðæs sacerdes of ðære byryg,

    • Gen. 41, 45
      • .

  • Hé slóh ðæs sacerdes(héhsacerdas, Lind. Rush.) þeów,

    • Mk. Skt. 14, 47
      • .

  • Ða word ðæs sacerdes

    vox praedicatoris,

    • Past. 21, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 163, 1
      • .

  • Ðone clǽnan sacerd ( Christ ),

    • Exon. Th. 9, 19
      • ;
    • Cri. 137
      • .

  • Suíðe ryhte ða sacerdas ( sacerdotes ) sint gehátene sacerdas, ðæt is on Englisc clǽnseras, forðæm hié sculon látteówdóm gearwian ðám geleáffulum,

    • Past. 18, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 139, 14
      • .

  • Ða sacerdas of Leuies cynne,

    • Deut. 27, 1, 14 : Ps. Th. 77, 64
      • .

  • Moyses and Aaron sóðe sacerdas,

    • 98, 6 : Ands. Kmbl. 1483
      • ;
    • An. 743
      • .

  • Ða mæssepreóstas wǽron ðus gehátene ... Ðá ða gemynegodan sacerdos (-as ?) cóman

    erant presbyteri ... Venientes memorati sacerdotes,

    • Bd. 3, 21
      • ;
    • S. 551, 19
      • .

  • Ðæra sacerda ealdor

    princeps sacerdotum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 51 : Blickl. Homl. 77, 8 : 239, 28
      • .

  • Hýrde wé ðæt Jacob fore sacerdum swilt þrowode,

    • Apstls. Kmbl. 141
      • ;
    • Ap. 71
      • .
Etymology
[
From Latin. Anglo-Saxon alone seems to have borrowed this word.
]
Similar entries
v. ealdor-, heáh-sacerd.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sacerd.” 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/26120.

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