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wealh-hafoc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wealh-hafoc, es; m.
A foreign hawk, a gerfalcon; herodius (v. erodius gerfawcune,
    Wrt. Voc. i. 188, col. 2: jarfawkon, 220, col. 2)
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  • Walh*-*habuc

    falc(o ),

      Txts. 61, 826.
  • Walchhabuc, uualhhaebuc, uualh[h]ebuc, ualchefuc

    herodius,

      67, 1016.
  • Góshafuc accipiter, wealhhafuc herodius, spearhafuc

    alietum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 280, 18-20: ii. 42, 67.
  • Wealhhafoces hús

    herodii domus,

      Ps. Spl. 103, 19.
  • Ða fugelas

    nocticoraces hátton wǽron in wealhhafoces gelícnesse (vulturibus similes ),

      Nar. 16, 13.
  • Wealhhafeca

    falconum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 68: 37, 23.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. waluc*-*hapuh herodius.]
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