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hulc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hulc, es; m. [?]
A light ship, a hulk [but in later times the word is applied to a heavy ship of clumsy make]; liburna,
  • Ælfc. Gl. 103
  • ;
  • Som. 77, 102
  • ;
  • Wrt. Voc. 56, 23.
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  • Si adveniat ceol vel hulcus,

    • L. Eth. iv. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 300, 9.
Etymology
[
Prompt. Parv. hulke, shyppe hulcus, and see the note, p. 252
:
O. Du. hulke navis oneraria
:
O. H. Ger. holcho actuaria navis.
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