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strica

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
strica, an; m.
a stroke of a pen,
a tittle, a mark, line
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  • Ánatrica oððe án stæf ðære ealdan ǽ ne biþ forgǽged

    iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit

    (Mt.
      5, 18), Homl. Th. ii. 200, 1: Jud. 15.
  • Strican ł mærcunge

    characteres

    ,
      Hpt. Gl. 473, 13.
  • Stricena apicum, stricum

    characteribus, notis

    ,
      512, 23, 52.
  • Stricum

    apicibus literarum

    ,
      501, 56.
a streak, tract
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  • Hit getímaþ hwíltídum ðonne se móna beyrnþ on ðæm ylcan strican ðe seó sunne yrnþ, ðæt his trendel underscýt ðære sunnan tó ðam swíðe ðæt heó eall áþeóstraþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 242, 19.
Etymology
[Longe, croked strykes, Chauc. Astrolabe. Strek or poynt betwyx ij clausys yn a boke liminiscus, Prompt. Parv. 479. Goth. striks κepsilon;ραiota-oxia;α : O. H. Ger. strich linea, nota, zona. Cf. Icel. stryk a stroke, dash.]
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  • strica, n.