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púca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
púca, an; m.
A goblin, mischievous spirit
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  • Púca

    larbula,

      An. Ox. 23, 2.
  • Wandrigende púcan (printed wucan) uagantes demonas, Germ. 388, 37. ¶ in a place-name :-- Ðis synd ðá landgemǽru ðe sceótað dún tó Púcanwylle, C. D. iii. 423, 28. ¶ Cf. (?) Wæs sumes gesíðes tún, sé wæs Púh (Púhh, v. l.) háten

    qui vocabatur Puch,

      Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 10.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. puck. Icel. púki.]
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v. púcel.
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v.  púcel.
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