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tunece

  • noun [ feminine ]
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tunece, an;
f A tunic, coat
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  • Tunece

    tonica,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 62.

  • Tunice,

      Scint. 144, 7.

  • Tunicæ

    tunica,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 71.
  • Hit ys mínes suna tunecan Gen. 37, 33 : Exon. Th. 357, 1 ; Pa. 22.

  • Hí námon his tunecan

    (tunicam;

    cyrtel.
      Lind. Rush. );
    seó tunece wæs unásiwod, Jn. Skt. 19, 23.

  • Ð á dyde hé on his tunecan (cyrtil (-el). Lind. Rush. ),

      21, 7: Lk. Skt. 6, 29.

  • Ðam ðe wylle niman ðíne tunecan (cyrtel ł hrægl. Lind. : ðínne tonica. Rush. ), lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels,

      Mt. Kmbl. 5, 40.

  • Ðá sende him mon áne blace hacelan angeán him on bismer, and eft hié him sendon áne tunecan ongeán, ða ðe hié tó gehéton, ðæt hé ealles búton árunge tó Róme ne com (

    the Latin seems to have been misunderstood, it is:

    Senatus sagurn, hoc est, vestern moeroris deposuit, atque antiquum togae decorem recuperavit).
      Ors. 5, 10; Swt. 234, 21-24, 31.

  • Ðæt hé ús forgeáfe ða undeádlícan tunecan ðe wé forluron on ðæs frum-sceapenan mannes forgǽgednysse,

      Homl. Th. i. 34, 29.

  • Hió becwið hyre betstan dunnan tunecan,

      Chart. Th. 537, 31.

  • Hió an Ceóldrýþe hyre blacena tunecena, swá ðǽr hyre leófre beó,

      538, 6.

  • Se ðe hæfþ twá tunecan (cyrtlas. Lind. Rush. ),

      Lk. Skt. 3, 11: Blickl. Homl. 169, 13.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. tunihha tunica. From Latin.]
Similar entries
v. ge-tunecod.
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v.  tunice.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tunece.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31130.

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