weofod - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From pre-Old English *wīohbēod, equivalent to wēoh (“idol, image”) + bēod (“offering stage, dish”). The replacement of /b/ with /f/ is motivated by the fact that medial /b/ historically developed to [v], and the word was no longer felt to be a compound.
wēofod n
- altar
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Eft æt sumum sæle ætslād sē hālga wer on ðām hēalīcum gradum æt þām hālgum wēofode, swā þæt hē fornēan eal wearð tōcwȳsed; ac on þǣre nihte hine ġelācnode God, ðurh his hālgan enġel, tō ansundre hǣle.
- Also, at a certain hall, the holy man slipped on the high steps at the holy altar, so that almost his whole body became bruised; but in the night, God restored him to full health through his holy angel.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Strong a-stem:
- Middle English: wēved