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DOCCE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
DOCCE, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
DOCK, sorrel; lăpăthum = λάπαθoν, rumex
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  • Ðeós wyrt ðe man lăpăthum, and óðrum naman docce nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum stówum, and on ealdum myxenum this herb which is called lăpăthum,

    and by another name dock, is produced in sandy places, and on old dunghills,

      Herb. 14, 1; Lchdm. i. 106, 10-12, note 14: L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 26: Wrt. Voc. 67, 54.

  • Doccan moran dust

    dust of root of dock,

      L. M. 1, 54; Lchdm. ii. 126, 6.

  • Sume seóðaþ bétan oððe doccan on geswéttum wíne

    some seethe beet or dock in sweetened wine,

      L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 7: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 11: 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 10.

  • Seó fealwe docce the fallow dock; rumex marĭtĭma

    vel

    palustris,
      L. M. 1, 49; Lchdm. ii. 122, 19.

  • Seó reáde docce

    the red dock;

    rumex sanguĭnea,
      L. M. 1, 49; Lchdm, ii. 122, 19: 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 124, 2.

  • Seó scearpe docce the sharp or sour dock, sorrel; oxylăpăthum = òξυλάπαθoν, rumex acētōsa, Som. Ben. Lye. Docce seó ðe swimman wille

    the dock which will swim, the water-lily;

    nymphæa,
      L. M. 3, 71; Lchdm. ii. 358, 8: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 11: 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 21.
Etymology
[Chauc. docke a sour herb: Kil. docke, blæderen the herb colt's foot.]
Derived forms
DER. eá-docce, súr-, wudu-.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DOCCE.” 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/7743.

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