godspeltraht
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡod.spelˌtrɑxt/
Noun
godspeltraht m
- an exposition of part of the gospels
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Đā ġelǣredan ne beðurfon þyssera bōca, forðan ðe him mæġ heora āgen lār genihtsumian. Iċ cweðe nū þæt iċ næfre heonon forð ne āwende godspel oððe godspeltrahtas of Lēdene on Englisċ.
- The learned have no need of these books, for their own learning will suffice. I say now that henceforth, I will never translate a gospel or a gospel-commentary from Latin into English.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- homily
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | godspeltraht | godspeltrahtas |
| accusative | godspeltraht | godspeltrahtas |
| genitive | godspeltrahtes | godspeltrahta |
| dative | godspeltrahte | godspeltrahtum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “GODSPELLTRAHT”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.