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locc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
locc, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§243;
The hair of the head, a hair, a lock of hair, a curl, ringlet
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  • Comatus

    se ðe hæfþ loccas,

    coma

    is locc,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 43
      • ;
    • Som. 45, 9
      • .

  • Locc unscoren

    coma vel cirrus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 42, 45
      • .

  • Locc

    uncinus,

    • 42, 48.

  • Loc

    coma,

    • 70, 33 :

    cicinnus i. vinnus,

    • ii. 131, 12 :

    cirrus, crinus,

    • 24.

  • Ne án loc of eówrum heáfde forwyrþ

    not a hair of your head shall perish,

    • Blickl. Homl. 243, 33
      • :
    • Andr, Kmbl. 2845
      • ;
    • An. 1425
      • .

  • Locces

    cincinni,

    • Hpt. Gl. 526, 44
      • .

  • Se deófol lǽdde hine út of ðære cyrican be ðam locce,

    • Wulfst, 236, 10
      • .

  • Ðú ne miht ǽnne loco gedón hwítne oððe blacne

    non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 5, 36
      • .

  • Se scínenda lig his locc up áteáh

    the shining flame drew up his hair,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 514, 3.

  • Wífmannes loccas

    crines :

    loccas vel unscoren hǽr

    comæ,

    • Wrt. Voc. 42, 49, 64
      • .

  • Loccas

    capilli,

    • 64, 27
      • .

  • Loccas oððe feaxeácan

    antiæ frontis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 66
      • .

  • Winde loccas

    cincinni,

    • 20,43
      • :
    • 14, 23
      • .

  • Locca

    criniculorum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 435, 27
      • .

  • Cyrpsum loccum

    crispantibus,

    • 435, 11
      • .

  • Loccum

    cirris,

    • Wrt. Voc, ii. 18, 70
      • .

  • Hí ne scoldon hira loccas lǽtan weaxan

    non comam nutrient,

    • Past. 18, 7
      • ;
    • Swt.139, 13
      • .

  • Teóh him ða loccas and wringe ða eáran and ðone wangbeard twiccige,

    • L. M. 2, 16
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 196, 13
      • .

  • Hé hæfde crispe loccas

    capillis crispis,

    • Bd. 5, 2
      • ;
    • S. 615, 30
      • .

  • Fýrene loccas,

    • Cd. 148
      • ;
    • Th. 185, 10
      • ;
    • Exod. 120
      • .

  • Wundne loccas

    curled locks,

    • Exon. 111 b
      • ;
    • Th. 428, 7
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 98
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. lokkr
:
O. H. Ger. loc, locc cincinnus, capillus, crinis
:
Ger. locke.
]
Derived forms
eár-, hǽr-locc
Linked entries
v.  loca.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “locc.” 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/21805.

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