earc
- noun [ masculinefeminine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§66;
§178;
Add: arc, es; m.
a chest
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Hú seó earc (
arca
) wæs áworpen of Æquities byrigene . . . Sum ceorl ásette his earce mid hwǽte gefyllede ofer his byrgenne . . . þoden feorr áwearp þá earce,- Gr. D. 41, 23-42, 6.
in Dict.
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Hú wæs Nóes arc (earc,
v. l.) gesceapen? Se arc (earc, v. l. )
wæs fyðerscýte,- Angl. vii. 34, 322.
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Se swymmenda arc,
- Hml. Th. ii. 60, 2, 9.
- God beleác hí bynnan þám arce. . . . Ðæt flód ábær úp þone arc, i. 22, 1-5: 20, 31.
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Sé wæs geboren in þǽre earce,
- Chr. 855; P. 66, 28.
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In ðá arkǽ (ærce, L.)
in arcam,
- Mt. R. 24, 38.
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In ærce (erce,
- R.), Lk. L. 17, 27.
the ark of the covenant
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Dryhten bebeád Móyse hú hé scolde beran ðá earce . . . 'Áhóh hringas on ðá hyrnan ðǽre earce . . . and sting stengas út þurh ðá hringas bí ðǽre earce sídan . . .' Hwæt mæg seó earc tácnian?,
- Past. 169, 19-171, 2.
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Ðerh aerca cýðnisse
per arcam testamenti,
- Mt. p. 8, 6.
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Ðá aerce,
- Rtl. 194, 15.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “earc.” 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/43377.
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