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hrace

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hrace, an; f: hraca, an; m.
The throat
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  • Hrace

    gula,

    • Wrt. Voc. 283, 4
    • :
    • hracu, 64, 64.
  • Ðǽr gýnude on ðare hrácan swylce ðǽr hwylc seáþ wǽre

    there yawned in the throat as if there had been a pit,

    • Lchdm. ii. 364, col. 1.
  • Ne hí on hracan áwiht hlúde ne cleopiaþ

    non clamabunt in gutture suo,

    • Ps. Th. 134, 19.
  • Ne him gást on hracan eardaþ

    neque est spiritus in ore eorum,

    • 113, 16.
  • Swille ða hracan

    let him swill the throat,

    • L. M. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 24, 27.
  • Stinge him on ða hracan ðæt hé máge spíwan,

    • 1, 18
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 62, 12.
  • Hire man bestang sweord on ða hracan,

    • Shrn. 56, 14.
  • Fýrene tungan and gyldenne hracan

    a fiery tongue and a golden throat,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 148, 32.
  • Hracan [bracan,

    • Som.]

    fauces,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 72
    • ;
    • Som. 70, 109
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 43, 37.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. racho sublinguium
:
Ger. rachen throat, jaws.
]
Linked entries
v.  hraca hracu hræce hreacan.
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