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dúru-weard

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
dúru-weard, dúre-weard, -werd, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§618;
A door-keeper ; jānĭtor, ostiārius
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  • Se man beóde ðam dúrewearde, ðæt he wacige

    homo janĭtōri præcēpit ut vĭgĭlet,

    • Mk. Bos. 13,
      • 34.

  • Ostiārius is dúruweard se ðe circan cǽgan healt

    ostiārius is the door-keeper who holds the keys of the church,

    • L. Ælf. P. 34
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 378,
      • 5.

  • Dúreweard

    ostiārius,

    • Wrt. Voc. 81,
      • 12.

  • Ne sceal nán dúruwerd forsecgan nánne rǽdere mid nánre wrohte

    non lĭcet ostiārio ulli accūsāre lectōrem ullum ulla accusātiōne,

    • L. Ecg. C. 41
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 168, 1,
      • 3.

  • Ostiārius [MS. Hostiārius] is ðære cyrcean dúrewerd, se sceal mid bellan bícnigan ða tída, and ða cyrcan unlúcan geleáffullum mannum, and ðám ungeleáffullum belúcan wiðútan

    ostiārius is the door-keeper of the church, who shall announce the hours with bells, and unlock the church to believing men, and shut the unbelieving without,

    • L. Ælf. C. 11
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 346,
      • 28-30.
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v. hád II.
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v.  dúre-weard.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “dúru-weard.” 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/8139.

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