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hnecca

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  • Hnecca

    occipitium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 41
    • :

    occiput,

    • ii. 63, 22
    • :

    cervix, posteriora colli,

    • Txts. 110, 1165
    • .
  • Hnecca (snecca, MS.)

    occipitium,

    • 82, 720
    • .
  • 'Befleh ǽrest ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh

    (a vertice usque ad calcaneum

    and him ꝥ heáfod syþþan of áceorf' . . . Sume men gesetton ꝥ ácorfene heáfod eft tó ðám sweóran

    (cervici),

    • Gr. D. 198, 4-12
    • .
  • Sege him ꝥ mé sý ꝥ heáfod fram þám hneccan ácorfen,

    • Ap. Th. 8, 17
    • .
  • Þæs hneccan áhylt eádmódnyss

    cuius ceruicem inclinat humilitas,

    • Scint. 20, 2.
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