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orcen

  • noun
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a sea-monster
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  • Ðanon untydras ealle onwócon, eotenas and ylfe and orcneas [orcenas (?). Grein reads orc-néas, with which compare orc-þyrs

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    orc] swylce gigantas, Beo. Th. 225; B. 112.
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[Cf. (?) Icel. orkn (örkn) a kind of seal.]
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  • orcen, n.