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þeóh-sceanca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þeóh-sceanca, an; m.
A thigh-shank, the upper part of the leg
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  • Earsendu nates, þeóh femur, þeóhscanca

    coxa,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 36-38: 283,61-65.
  • Ða hypbán ða earsenda mid ðǽm þeóhsconcum

    catacrinas, nates cum femoribus,

      Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 19.
Etymology
[O. Frs. thiach-schonk. Cf. Icel. þjó-leggr the thigh-bone.]
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  • þeóh-sceanca, n.