býdel
- noun [ masculine ]
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Býdel
præco,
- Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 41: Wrt. Voc. 84, 40.
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Se Godes býdel
a messenger of God, minister,
- Homl. Th. ii. 530, 2.
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Se Godes Sunu sende his býdel tofóran him
the Son of God sent his proclaimer before him,
ii.- 36, 25, 27.
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Bisceopas sindon býdelas Godes lage
bishops are proclaimers of God's law,
- L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 15.
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Biscopas sind to býdelum gesette
bishops are ordained to be ministers,
- Homl. Th. ii. 120, 8.
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Drihten sende his býdelas ætfóran him
the lord sent his messengers [prophets] before him,
ii.- 530, 9.
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Ðé sylle se déma ðam býdele, and se býdel ðé sende on cwertern
judex tradat te exactori, et exactor mittat te in carcerem,
- Lk. Bos. 12, 58.
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Býdele gebýraþ, ðæt he for his wycan sý weorces ðonne óðer man
bedello pertinet, ut pro servitio suo libertior sit ab operatione quam alii homines,
- L. R. S. 18; Th. i. 440, 6.
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He þurh his býdelas his gafoles myngaþ
he reminds him of his tribute by his messengers [lit. beadles ],
- L. Edg. S. l; Th. i. 270, 19.
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Aaron hét býdelas beódan, — to morgen biþ simbeldæg
Aaron commanded beadles to proclaim, — to-morrow is a feast day,
- Ex. 32, 5.
Bosworth, Joseph. “býdel.” 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/5534.
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