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lár-spell

  • noun [ neuter ]
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lár-spell, es; n.
A discourse, sermon, homily, treatise
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  • God cwæþ be láreówum on his lárspelle

    God said of teachers in his sermon,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 320, 25
    • .
  • Se bisceop ðam folce sǽde lárspell,

    • Homl. Skt. 3, 141
    • .
  • Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella

    I have composed quite forty homilies,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 45
    • .
  • Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror on óðrum lárspellum,

    • 4, 15
    • .
  • Ða apostoli gesetton eác swilce lárspell

    [the epistles]

    tó ðám leódscipum ðe tó geleáfan bugon,

    • 14, 3.
Etymology
[
Laym. Orm. lar-spell a sermon.
]
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