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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.]
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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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