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muud-bora

  • noun [ masculine ]
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muud-bora, an; m.
one who can give protection (mund), a protector, patron, guardian, advocate
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  • Forspeca vel mundbora advocatus, patronus vel

    interpellator,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 42.

  • Mundbora

    patronus,

    • ii. 67, 24:

    subfragator,

    • 121, 55
      • ;
    • Ep. Gl. 24 b, 31:

    advocatas,

    • Hpt. Gl. 466, 73.
applied to the Deity
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  • Se ðe (Christ) is úre mandbora,

    • Homl. Th. i. 350, 25: Exon. 120b
      • ;
    • Th. 463, 24
      • ;
    • Hö. 75: 68a
      • ;
    • Th. 251, 36
      • ;
    • Jul. 156.

  • Drihten ðín mundbora

    Dominus protectio tua,

    • Ps. Th. 120, 5.

  • Úres mundboran

    (Christ) láre folgian, Blickl. Homl. 169, 17: (God ),

    • Exon. 40b
      • ;
    • Th. 134, 25
      • ;
    • Gū. 514: 8a
      • ;
    • Th. 2, 33
      • ;
    • Cri. 28.
to angels or saints
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  • Tó ðæm heáhengle Michaele, swá tó ðæm getreówestan mundboran,

    • Blickl. Homl. 201, 27

  • Hé (Dives) ðone wolde habban him to mundboran, ðam ðe hé nolde ǽr his cruman syllan,

    • Homl. Th. i. 330, 27.
to earthly kings
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  • Wes ðú (Hrothgar) mundbora mínum magoþegnum.

    • Beo. Th. 2964
      • ;
    • B. 1480.

  • Eádmund cyning, mága mundbora,

    • Chr. 942
      • ;
    • Edm. 2.

  • Eádgár, West-Seaxena wine, Myrcene mundbora,

    • 975
      • ;
    • Erl. 125, 17.

  • Eást-Engla cyning and seó þeód gesóhte Ecgbryht him tó mundboran,

    • 823
      • ;
    • Erl. 62, 25 : 921
      • ;
    • Erl. 108, 14.

  • Sceal him (an ecclesiastic or a foreigner who was wronged) cyng beón oððon eorl and bisceop for mǽg and for mundboran,

    • L. E. G. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 174, 8: L. Eth. ix. 33: Th. i. 348, 6: L. C. S. 40
      • ;
    • Th. i. 400, 6.
a guardian (of things)
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  • Ðara máðma mundbora wæs,

    • Beo. Th. 5552
      • ;
    • B. 2779.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. mund-boro
:
O. L. Ger. mund-boro municeps
:
O. H. Ger. munt-poro patronus, protector.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “muud-bora.” 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/23214.

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