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tácn-circul

  • noun [ masculine ]
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tácn-circul, es; m.
A circle or cycle which marks the date.
the indiction, a cycle of fifteen years.
v. ge-ban
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  • Ðæm gǽre ðe wæs ágán fram Cristes ácennednesse eahta hand wintra and feówer and sixtig, and in ðam tácencircole ðæt twelfte geár

    (

    the year of the indiction is the remainder after dividing 864 + 3 by 15; this remainder is 12, which agrees with the passage

    ),
    • Chart. Th. 126, 3.
the lunar cycle of nineteen years; the place which any year occupies in the cycle is marked by the golden number of the year
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  • Ðis wæs gewriten on ðam geáre ðe wæs ágán fram Cristes ácennednysse án þusend geára and án and sixtig geára, and an ðam tácncircule ðæt seofanteóðe geár

    (

    the golden number of the year 1061 is the remainder after dividing 1061+1 by 19; this remainder is 17, which agrees with the number given in the passage

    ),
    • Chart. Th. 390, 19.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tácn-circul.” 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/30111.

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