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  • On Laurentius mæssan daegi Ælfsige ðǽm biscope in his getelde Aldred se prófast ðás feówer collectæ ǽr underne áwrát, Rtl. 185, 20-23. II a.

    a steward :-- Nonnosus wæs práfost (praepositus )

    on þám mynstre þe geseted is in þám munte
      Soractis, Gr. D. 48, 24.

  • Hé þæt wæter sealde heora þéne; heora þén wæs ðæs ilcan mynstres mæssepreóst. Ðá ondranc sé þæs wætres and sealde hit þǽm bréðer ðe him æt stód, ðæs mvnstres prófoste (

    this detail is not given in Bede's Life)

    . . . þá hí þá tíd hæfdon ymb ꝥ tó spreconne, þá ondette heora ǽgðer óþrum ꝥ hí nǽfre ǽr sélre wín ne druncon,
      Shrn. 64, 9-15.
  • Áxode hé þone prófost hwæðer hé fisc hæfde. Hé tó andsware cwæð, ꝥ hí ne mihton ne fisceras ne hé sylf gefón ǽnne sprot. Ðá cwæð se hálga wer, 'Wurp út nú þín net,' Hml. S. 31, 1268.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “práfost.” 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/56962.

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