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weóce

  • noun [ feminine ]
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weóce, an ; f.
The wick of a lamp or candle
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  • Weóce

    licinius,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 19.
  • Leóhtfæt lucernarium, candelsnytels emunctorium, weóce papirus, i. 26, 56, Weócan (papyrum) settan

    to put a wick to a lamp,

      Lchdm. iii. 348, col. 1.
  • Ðonne ðú blácernes behófige . . . wǽt mid ðínum scytefingre on midden, swylce ðú weócan settan wylle,

      Techm. ii. 126, 3.
  • Riscene weócan

    fila scirpea,

      Germ. 391, 15.
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  • weóce, n.