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bod-scipe

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
bod-scipe, es; m. [bod a command, scipe]
A message, an embassy, a commandment; nuntium, mandatum
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  • Swá ic him ðisne bodscipe secge

    when I tell him this message,

      Cd. 27; Th. 35, 10; Gen. 552.
  • Ðá hie Godes hæfdon bodscipe abrocen

    when they had broken God's commandment,

      37; Th. 48, 29; Gen. 783.
Derived forms
DER. ge-bodscipe.
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