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arc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
arc, es; m: earc, erc, e; f: earce, an; f.
A vessel to swim on water, the ARK, a coffer, small chest or box; arca, cista, cistella, cibotium = κιβώτιον
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  • Ðá ætstód se arc

    tunc requievit arca,

    • Gen. 8, 4
      • .

  • Wire ðé nú ǽnne arc

    fac tibi arcam,

    • 6, 14
      • .

  • Þreó hund fæðma bíþ se arc on lenge, and fíftig fæðma on brǽde, and þrittig on heáhnisse

    trecentorum cubitorum erit longitudo arcæ, quinquaginta cubitorum latitudo, et triginta cubitorum altitudo illius,

    • 6, 15
      • .

  • Se arc wæs geférud ofer ða wæteru

    arca ferebatur super aquas,

    • 7, 18
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. archen, arche, dat
:
Dut. ark, f
:
Ger. M. H. Ger. arche, f
:
O. H. Ger. archa
:
Goth. arka
:
Dan. ark
:
O. Nrs. örk, f
.]
Similar entries
v. earc.
Linked entries
v.  erk.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “arc.” 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/2068.

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