gewil-bod
- noun [ neuter ]
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Ne dear ic for Godes ege sóðes geswugian . . . for ðám se bydel þe ne bodað ná his hláfordes gewilboda (
the messenger that does not give the message that tells his lord's will
), hé mæg him wénan hefélices leánes,- Wlfst. 177, 24.
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Se bydel þe forsweogað his hláfordes gewilboda,
- 191, 22.
Bosworth, Joseph. “gewil-bod.” 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/50473.
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