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a place in which the monastic school was held; auditorium [auditorium, locus in quo conveniebant monachi, quod in eo essent monachicae scholae, ibique praeceptores docerent, discipuli audirent magistros docentes, Migne]
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  • Bútan spǽchúses (auditorii, printed

    adiutorii)

    stówe; seó fram þám swýþust ys geteald þám naman, ꝥ þár tó gehlystende sí hwæt fram beódende sí háten,
      Angl. xiii. 432, 965.
a place in a monastery for the reception of guests [auditorium, domus vel cubiculum in monasteriis ubi excipiebantur advenientes hospites et salutaturi, Migne]
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  • Martinus cóm hwílon tó ánum preóstlífe, and hí gelógodon his bæd on þæs mynstres sprǽchúse,

      Hml. S. 31, 847; 907: 1183.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sprǽc-hús.” 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/58396.

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