BEORCAN
- verb [ strong ]
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Ða dumban húndas ne mágon beorcan. We sceolon beorcan and bodigan ðám lǽwedum
dumb dogs cannot bark. We ought to bark and preach to the laymen
- L. Ælfc. C. 23 ;
- Th. ii. 350, 34.
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Ic hwílum beorce swá húnd
I sometimes bark as a dog
- Exon. 106 b ;
- Th. 406, 16 ;
- Rä. 25, 2.
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Húndbyrcþ
canis latrat,
- Ælfc. Gr. 22 ;
- Som. 24, 8.
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Ne mæg he fram húndum beón borcen
he may not be barked at by dogs
- Herb. 67, 2 ;
- Lchdm. i. 170, 17.
Bosworth, Joseph. “BEORCAN.” 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/3724.
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