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Wright's OE grammar
§54; §292; §310; §345;
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  • Bæc

    tergum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 31:

    terga,

      65, 19: 283, 44.

  • Se hund tótær his hæteru of his bæce,

      Hml. Th. 374, 9.

  • Hé byrð byrðene on his bæce,

    • 212, 5: 336, 16
      • :
    • Angl. xi. 112, 23.

  • Him forburnon on þám bæce his reáf,

      Hml. S. 31, 865.

  • Hé hine scét bæftan his bæce,

      18, 336.

  • Wǽron his handa tó his bæce gebundene,

      Hml. Th. i. 466, 27.

  • Heó wæs cumende æfter Drihtenes bæce (post tergum Domini),

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • Sch. 82, 2.

  • On úrum bæcum,

      R. Ben. 27, 17.

  • In scyldrum ł bæccum

    in humeros,

      Mt. L. 23, 4.
    ¶ add to
      Ll. Th. i. 156, 6
    the other version :-- Mid rihte faran,
      l. 9.
    ¶ phrases giving direction or position :-- Hí him on bæce filigdon

    persecuti sunt eos,

      Jos. 7, 5.

  • Under bæce

    retrorsum,

      Ps. Spl. 34, 5.

  • Ðæt mód him on bæc (turned its back on) lét þás gewítendlican þing,

      Gr. D. 4, 14.

  • Hé him on bæc sette þá láre Benedictes,

      135, 29.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bæc.” 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/39397.

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