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earc

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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earc, e; f: earce, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §178;
the ark of Noah; arca
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  • Noe on ða earce eode

    Noah went into the ark.

    • Mt. Bos. 24, 38: Lk. Bos. 17,
    • 27.
  • Under earce bord

    under the boards of the ark,

    • Cd. 67
    • ;
    • Th. 80,
    • 23;
    • Gen. 1333
    • .
  • Earce bordum

    with the boards of the ark,

    • 67
    • ;
    • Th. 81,
    • 33;
    • Gen. 1354
    • .
a chest, the ark of the covenant; cista, cistella
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  • Cest vel earc cibōtium = κιβώτιον, vel

    cistella,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 3
    • ;
    • Som. 55,
    • 64;
    • Wrt. Voc. 16,
    • 37.
  • On earce

    in the chest,

    • Exon. 124b
    • ;
    • Th. 479,
    • 3;
    • Rä. 62,
    • 2.
  • Æt Godes earce

    to the ark of God,

    • Cd. 212
    • ;
    • Th. 262,
    • 30;
    • Dan. 752: Ps. Th. 131,
    • 8.
Similar entries
v. earce. f; arc, m.
Linked entries
v.  arc earce erc ærc.
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  • earc, n.