BÚC
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
the belly, stomach;
venter, alvus
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Hit is betwux túðum tocowen and into ðam búce asend
it is chewed between the teeth and sent into the stomach,
- Homl. Th. ii. 270, 34 .
a vessel that bulges out, as a bottle, jug, pitcher;
lagena, hydria
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Búc
lagena,
- Wrt. Voc. 83, 24 .
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Þurch heora bláwunge and ðæra búca swég
through the sound of their blowing and of the pitchers,
- Jud. 7, 21 .
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Hí tobrǽcon ða búcas mid micelre brastlunge
they broke the pitchers [hydrias confregerunt] with great crashing,
- 7, 20 .
Etymology
Chauc. bouke bulk, bodý
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Plat. buuk, m. venter
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O. Sax. búk, m. weer
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Frs. buk, m. f. venter
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O. Frs. buk, buch, m. venter
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Dut. buik, m. belly
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Kil. buyck corporis runcus
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Ger. bauch, m. venter, alveus
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M. H. Ger. búch, m. venter
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O. H. Ger. búh, m. venter
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Dan. bug, m. f the stomach, belly or middle of a vessel
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Swed. buk, m. belly
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Icel. búkr, m. the trunk, body.
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Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “BÚC.” 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/5364.
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