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ceác

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ceác, es; m. A pitcher, jug, basin, laver; urceus, caucus = καῦκος , luter = λουτήρ
Wright's OE grammar
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  • Ceác

    urceus,

      Wrt. Voc. 85, 67: Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 80; Wrt. Voc. 25, 20.

  • Calica fyrmþa and ceáca

    baptismata calicum et urceorum,

      Mk. Bos. 7, 4, 8.

  • Ðæt he hét ðǽr ǽrene ceácas onhón

    ut ibi æreos caucos suspendi juberet,

      Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 6.

  • Befóran ðæm temple stód ǽren ceác, onuppan twelf ǽrenum oxum. . . Se ceác wæs swá micel ðæt he oferhelede ða oxan ealle, búton ða heáfudu totodon út

    a brazen laver stood before the temple, upon twelve brazen oxen. . . The laver was so large that it covered the oxen entirely, save that the heads projected out,

      Past. 16, 5; Hat. MS. 21b, 3, 4.

  • On ðæm ceáce

    in the laver,

      16, 5; Cot. MS.
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v.  céc ceác ful.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ceác.” 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/5895.

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