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munuc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
munuc, munec, es; m. [Lat. monachus]
Wright's OE grammar
§109; §285;
A monk
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  • Munuc

    monachus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 19.

  • Ic Ælfríc munuc and mæssepreóst.

    • Homl. Th. i. 2, 12 : Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 630, 41.

  • Be ðám ðe munecum heora feoh bútan leáfe befǽstaþ. Gif mon óðres monnes munuce feoh óðfæste, bútan ðæs munuces hláfordes léfnesse,

    • L. Alf. pol. 20
      • ;
    • Th. i. 74, 13-16.

  • Swá swá dafnaþ munuce,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5.

  • Ic eom geanwyrde monuc

    professus sum monachum,

    • 18, 28.

  • Godes þeówas, biscopas, abbudas, munecas, preóstas,

    • L. Eth. v. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 304, 26.

  • Wé willaþ ðæt munecas regollícor libban ðonne hí nú ǽr ðisan on gewunan hæfdon,

    • ix. 31
      • ;
    • Th. i. 346, 27.

  • Muneca gehwylc ðe úte sý of mynstre and regoles ne gýme... gebúge georne intó mynstre,

    • v. 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 306, l.

  • Be munuca cynne. Feówer synt muneca cyn,

    • R. Ben. 9, 2-3.

  • Syx synt muneca cynerena,

    • 134, 3.

  • Hé beád, ðæt nán his bearna ðæt menster leng mid preóstan gesette, ac ðæt hit éfre mid munecan stóde,

    • Chart. Th. 227, 17.

  • Hé sende Godes þeów Agustinum and óðre monige munecas.

    • Bd. 1. 23
      • ;
    • S. 485, 27.
Etymology
[
Icel. múnkr
:
O. H. Ger. munich.
]
Similar entries
v. mynster-munuc.
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v.  munec.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “munuc.” 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/23231.

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