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HNECCA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
HNECCA, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§310;
A NECK, nape of the neck, back of the head
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  • Hnecca

    cervix vel jugulum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 72;
    • Som. 70, 116;
    • Wrt. Voc. 43, 44:
    • Wrt. Voc. 70, 26:

  • Wá ðǽm ðe willaþ lecggean bolster under ǽlcne hneccan menn mid tó gefónne ... Ðonne biþ se hnecca underléd mid bolstre

    væ his qui faciunt cervicalia sub capite universæ ætatis ad capiendas animas ... Quasi cervicalibus caput jacentis excipitur,

    • Past. 19, 1;
    • Swt. 143, 14.

  • Gníd ðone hneccan mid ðý

    rub the back of the neck with it,

    • L. M. 1, 1;
    • Lchdm. ii. 20, 25.

  • Ðæt ðú næbbe nán þing háles fram ðám fótwolmum óþ ðone hneccan

    sanari non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum,

    • Deut. 28, 35.
Etymology
[Laym. necke:
Chauc. Piers P. Prompt. Parv. nekke collum:
O. Frs. hnecka:
Icel. hnakki the nape of the neck, back of the head:
O. H. Ger. hnach testa capitis, occiput, cacumen:
Ger. nacken.]
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v.  snecca.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “HNECCA.” 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/19361.

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