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spáca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
spáca, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
the spoke of a wheel
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  • Ða sélestan men faran néhst Gode, swá swá sió nafu férþ néhst ðære eaxe, and ða midmestan swá swá spácan; for ðam ðe ǽlces spácan biþ óþer ende fæst on ðære nafe, óþEr on ðære felge . . . Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan,

      Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 1-13.
  • Spácan

    radii,

      Wrt. Voc. 1. 16, 23: 284, 47: 66, 54.
part of the body [=ribb-spácan]
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  • Spácan

    radioli,

      65, 21.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. spéca radius: O. H. Ger. speicha radius, lignum in rota: Ger. speiche.]
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  • spáca, n.