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þecen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
þecen, e; f.
A roof
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  • Þecen vel róf

    tectum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 34.
  • Þæcen,

      81, 9.
  • Of daliscre þecene

    dedalei tecti,

    ii.
      139, 68: Exon. Th. 493, 21; Rä. 81, 34.
  • Swá swá spearwa on ðecene (on efese ł on þecene, Ps. Lamb.)

    sicut passer in tecto,

      Ps. Spl. l01, 8.
  • Under míne þecene,

      Mt. Kmbl. 8, 8: Lk. Skt. 7, 6: Homl. Th. i. 126, 30: Mk. Skt. 13, 15: Exon. Th. 431, 18; Rä. 46, 2.
  • Híg þecena (getimbrena ł þæcena, Ps. Lamb.)

    foenum tectorum,

      Ps. Spl. 128, 5.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. thecina.]
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v.  þæcen.
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  • þecen, n.