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hafoc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hafoc, hafuc, heafoc, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§48; §57; §78; §197; §293; §341;
A hawk; accipiter
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  • Heafuc

    accipiter,

      Wrt. Voc. 77, 15.
  • Mid hafoce

    accipitre,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 15, 17, 31, 37.
  • Gód hafoc

    a good hawk,

      Beo. Th. 4519; B. 2263.
  • Sum sceal wildne fugol átemian heafoc

    one shall tame the wild bird, the hawk,

      Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 16; Vy. 86.
Etymology
[Laym. havek : Icel. haukr : O. H. Ger. hapuh, habich : Ger. habicht.]
Derived forms
DER. gós-, gúþ-, mús-, spear-, wealh-hafoc. The word is found in many names of places, see Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. index.
Linked entries
v.  heafoc.
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  • hafoc, n.