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hæcce

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hæcce, e; f.
A crosier
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  • Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge ... of ðam candelstæfe x pund and of dære hæcce xxxiii marca

    this much has been paid by the church [of Worcester] to king William ... from the candlestick x pounds, and from the crosier xxxiii marks,

    • Th. Chart. 440, 4
      • .

  • Ðæt hæcce wæs eall of gold and of seolfre

    the crosier was all of gold and silver,

    • Chr. 1070
      • ;
    • Erl. 209, 9
      • .

  • Eall ðæt ðider com ðæt wæs ðone hæcce and sume scríne and sume róden

    all that came there was the crosier and some shrines and some crucifixes,

    • 32.
Etymology
[Cf. haca.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hæcce.” 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/17830.

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