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DISC

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
DISC, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§96;
A plate, bowl, DISH; discus, cătīnus, păropsis
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  • Eallswá se disc

    also the dish,

      L. Ælf. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 23.

  • Disc

    discus,

      Wrt. Voc. 82, 22: 290, 20.

  • Clǽnsa ǽryst ðæt wiðinnan ys calices and disces

    munda prius quod intus est calĭcis et paropsĭdis = παρoψίs, ίδos; f.

      Mt. Bos. 23, 26.

  • Þweah ðæt gewrit of ðam disce

    wash the writing off the dish,

      L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 9.

  • Syle me on ánum disce Iohannes heáfod ðæs Fulluhteres

    da mihi in disco caput Ioannis Baptistæ,

      Mt. Bos. 14, 8, 11: Mk. Bos. 6, 25, 27.

  • Se ðe his hand on disce mid me dypþ

    qui intingit mecum manum in cătĭno,

      14, 20.

  • On disce

    in păropsĭde,

      Mt. Bos. 26, 23.

  • Bebeád ðæt mon ðone disce tobrǽce to styccum and ðám þearfum gedǽlan

    discum confringi, atque paupĕrĭbus minūtātim divĭdi præcēpit,

      Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 21.

  • Discas lágon

    dishes lay [there],

      Beo. Th. 6088; B. 3048.

  • Ic gefrægn ánne mannan him on bearm hládan bunan and discas

    I heard that one man loaded in his bosom cups and dishes,

      5544; B. 2775.

  • Ge clǽnsiaþ ðæt wiðútan ys, caliceas and discas

    mundātis quod deforis est călĭcis et paropsĭdis,

      Mt. Bos. 23, 25.
Etymology
[Prompt. dysshe: Wyc. disch, dishe a disc, quoit: Piers P. dissh: Chauc. dish: Laym. disc: Plat. disch, m. table: O. Sax. disk, disc, m. a table: Dut. disch, m. a dining-table: Ger. M. H. Ger. tisch, m. a table: O. H. Ger. tisc, m. discus, mensa, fercŭlum: Dan. disk, m. f. a table, dish: Swed. disk, m. a counter: Icel. diskr, m. a plate: Lat. discus: Grk. δίσκos a round plate, quoit, dish.]
Derived forms
DER. bǽr-disc, hlæd-, húsel-.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “DISC.” 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/7733.

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