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balca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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balca, an; m.
A BALK, beam, bank, a ridge; trabs, porca, terra inter duos sulcos congesta
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  • On balcan lecgan

    to lay in ridges,

    • Bt. 16, 2; Fox 54, 2
    • .
Etymology
[
Piers P. Chauc. balke trabs
:
Plat. balk, m. id
:
O. Sax. balko, m
:
Dut. balk, m
:
Ger. M. H. Ger. balke, m
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O. H. Ger. baicho, balko, m
:
Dan. bjälke
:
Swed. bjelke
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O. Nrs. bálkr, m
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but cf. also Gaelic balc a ridge of earth between two furrows, Grm. Wrtbch. i. 1089
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