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þæc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
þæc, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§345;
a roof
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  • Ðá geségon hí ðone hræfn ða glofe teran uppe on ánes húses þæce ... Wilfrið mid gyrde of ðæs húses hrófe ða glofe gerǽhte,

    • Guthl. 11
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 54, 16-22 :
    • Ps. Th. 128, 4.

  • Gé þearfum forwyrndon, ðæt hí under eówrum þæce mósten in gebúgan,

    • Exon. Th. 92, 6
      • ;
    • Cri. 1504.

  • Se ðe on þæce siǽ

    qui in tecto,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 17.

  • Hé mycelne aad gesomnode on beámum and on ræftrum and on wágum and on watelum and on ðacum

    advexit plurimam congeriem trabium, tignorum, parietum, virgeorum, et tecti fenei,

    • Bd. 3, 16
      • ;
    • S. 542, 23.

  • Bodigaþ on þacum

    praedicate super tecta,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 27.

  • Nam ic wyrðe ðæt ðú gá under þacu mínne

    (sub tectum meum),

    • 8, 8.
the material of which a roof is composed, thatch
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  • Ðæs húses hróf wæs mid ðæce beþæht

    culmen domus erat foeno tectum,

    • Bd. 3, 10
      • ;
    • S. 534, 32.

  • Ða tær ðæt hors ðæt ðæc of ðære cytan hrófe,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 136, 16.
Etymology
[
Chauc. thacke (in houses of thacke) thatch
:
Prompt. Parv. thak for howsys sartatectum
:
tectura, tegimen, Wrt. Voc. i. 237, col. 1.
O. H. Ger. dah tectum, opertorium
:
Ger. dach
:
Icel. þak roof.
]
Similar entries
v. fen-þæc; þaca.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þæc.” 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/31443.

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