hnecca
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Hnecca
occipitium,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 41 :
occiput,
- ii. 63, 22 :
cervix, posteriora colli,
- Txts. 110, 1165 .
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Hnecca (snecca, MS.)
occipitium,
- 82, 720 .
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'Befleh ǽrest ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh
(a vertice usque ad calcaneum
and him ꝥ heáfod syþþan of áceorf' . . . Sume men gesetton ꝥ ácorfene heáfod eft tó ðám sweóran
(cervici),
- Gr. D. 198, 4-12 .
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Sege him ꝥ mé sý ꝥ heáfod fram þám hneccan ácorfen,
- Ap. Th. 8, 17 .
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Þæs hneccan áhylt eádmódnyss
cuius ceruicem inclinat humilitas,
- Scint. 20, 2.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hnecca.” 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/52852.
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