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weóce

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
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.

  • Wéocan

    accendilia

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 46:

    cicindilia

    • 284, 26.

  • Wiócum

    cicindilibus, stuppulis

    • Hpt. Gl. 470, 77.

  • Weócum

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 43 : 131, 13.
Etymology
[
Wex on þe candele sene, þe wueke wiðinnen unsene in candela cera exterius, luminulum interius, O. E. Homl. ii. 47, 32.
As wex and a weke were twyned togideres. . . . And as wex and weyke. . . Piers P. 17, 204, 206.
Weyke of a candel lichinius, weyke of a lampe (ticendulum l. cicendulum. v. Cath. Angl. 412) Prompt. Parv. 520.
The weke of a candele lichinus Wülck. Gl. 592, 30 : 721, 43.
M. Du. wieke
M. H. Ger.. wieche licinia.
Cf.
O. H. Ger.. wioh lucubrum.
]
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v. candel-, cláþ-weóce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weóce.” 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/35102.

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