geolca
- noun [ masculine ]
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Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg
look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg,
- Homl. Th. i. 40, 28.
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On æge biþ gioleca on middan
in an egg the yolk is in the middle,
- Bt. Met. Fox 20, 339; Met. 20, 170.
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Genim geolocan
take the yolk,
- L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 7.
Bosworth, Joseph. “geolca.” 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/15476.
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