Old English
Noun
gebod n (nominative plural gebodu)
- command, order, mandate
- Be ðæs cyninges gebode. — By the king's command.
- Abbodissum wé tǽcaþ ðæt hí inholde sín and ðæs hálgan regoles gebodum eallum móde þeówigen, — We teach abbesses to be truly loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind,