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haca

(n.)
Grammar
haca, an; m.

A hook [?], bolt or bar of a door ⬩ pessulus ⬩ a hook ⬩ uncinus, furca ⬩ a hook, clasp ⬩ the chin

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A hook [?], bolt or bar of a door; pessulus, Gl. Mett. 658

Linked entries: hæcce hacod hæca

pund-fald

(n.)
Grammar
pund-fald, a
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pinfold On hacan pundfald; of hacan pundfalde, C. D. vi. 41, 24

Linked entry: pyndan

haca

Grammar
haca, 'For Gl. Mett. 658
Entry preview:

substitute Haca (haᵤca, 87, 1559) pessul, Txts. 88, 803, and add: Perhaps the word occurs in the following :-- On hacapenn foreweard . . . on hacapenn foreweardne, C. D. iii. 412, 2, 14, An hacan penne, v. 238, 30. On hacan pundfold, of hacan pundfalde

íg-land

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Add: iég-land, í-land Án íglond ligð út on gársecg . . . þeáh nú ánra hwá wealde þæs íglandes, Met. 16, 12-17. On þám iéglande þe Sicilia hátte, Bt. 15; F. 48, 20. On án íglond út on Wendelsǽ, Bt. 38, l ; F. 194, ll. Oþ þæt íland þe wé hátað Thyle, 29

penn

(n.)
Grammar
penn, a fold (? the meaning is uncertain; perhaps the two names
Entry preview:

Strétpen, C. D. iii. 448, 19, Strétfold, 119, 30 may suggest that the word has the later sense). Add: On ætden pæn . . . on ðone ealdan uuíðig on Ættan pennes læce, C. D. vi. 48, 12-14. On hacan penne, v. 238, 30. Andlang weges tó pippenes penne; of

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