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Hwiccas

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Hwiccas, Hwicceas, and Hwiccan [?] or [?] Hwicce [cf. Seaxe]; pl.
The people of a small state which extended over Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and part of Warwickshire
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  • Ðæt is geseted in Huicca mægþe in ðære stówe ðe mon háteþ Weogernaceaster

    it is situated in the province of the Hwiccas, in the place that is called, Worcester,

    • Chart. Th. 28, 31.

  • Férde ðá in Hwicca mægþe ðǽr wæs ðá Ósríc cyning

    divertit ad provinciam Huicciorum cut tunc rex Osric præfuit,

    • Bd. 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 594, 22
      • .

  • Wilfrid is Hwicna biscop

    provinciæ Huicciorum Vilfrid episcopus,

    • 5, 23
      • ;
    • S. 646, 22
      • .

  • Ðý ilcan dæge rád Æþelmund aldorman of Hwiccium [Hwiccum MS. E.] ofer æt Cynemǽres forda. Ðá métte hine Weoxtan aldorman mid Wilsǽtum,

    • Chr. 800
      • ;
    • Erl. 60, 5
      • .

  • Seó cwén ðære nama wæs Æbbe on hire mægþe ðæt is on Hwyccum wæs gefullad

    regina nomine Eabæ in sua, id est, Huicciorum provincia fuerat baptizata,

    • Bd. 4, 13
      • ;
    • S. 582, 16.
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v.  Hwinca Hwyccas Hiccas.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Hwiccas.” 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/20149.

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