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orc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
orc, es; m.
A cup, can, tankard, flagon
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  • Orc orca (cf. orca a tankard, Wülck. Gl. 599, 16:

    a cane,

      771, 29), Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 4.
  • Blót-(blód-)orc

    uas in quo sacrificabant res impias,

      Germ. 307, 514.
  • Orce

    calice,

      Hpt. Gl. 435, 39.
  • Bollan steápe, swylce eác orcas,

      Judth. Thw. 21, 15; Jud. 18: Beo. Th. 6087; B. 3047.
  • Hé geseah orcas standan, fyrnmanna fatu,

      5514; B. 2760.
  • Orcas

    crateras,

      Ex. 24, 6.
Etymology
[Goth. aurkeis a cup: O. Sax. ork.]
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v.  blód-orc blót-orc.
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  • orc, n.