mundbyrd (as well as its associated forms "mundbyrdnes", "mundbora") is widely used in OE both in religious and secular writings, poetry and prose. "My protection is directed to the cross" i.e. the cross is my protector/patron or is my hope of protection. This seems to define the relationship of client and patron between dreamer and cross and aligns the cross with God or Christ who are elsewhere seen as protectors or affording protection: cf. Judith 2-3, Andreas 724a and Juliana 156