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earc

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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earc, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §178;
Add: arc, es; m.
a chest
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  • Hú seó earc (

    arca

    ) wæs áworpen of Æquities byrigene . . . Sum ceorl ásette his earce mid hwǽte gefyllede ofer his byrgenne . . . þoden feorr áwearp þá earce,
      Gr. D. 41, 23-42, 6.
the ark of Noah. v. arc
in Dict.
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  • Hú wæs Nóes arc (earc,

    v. l.) gesceapen? Se arc (earc, v. l. )

    wæs fyðerscýte,
      Angl. vii. 34, 322.
  • Se swymmenda arc,

      Hml. Th. ii. 60, 2, 9.
  • God beleác hí bynnan þám arce. . . . Ðæt flód ábær úp þone arc, i. 22, 1-5: 20, 31.
  • Sé wæs geboren in þǽre earce,

      Chr. 855; P. 66, 28.
  • In ðá arkǽ (ærce, L.)

    in arcam,

      Mt. R. 24, 38.
  • In ærce (erce,

      R.), Lk. L. 17, 27.
the ark of the covenant
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  • Dryhten bebeád Móyse hú hé scolde beran ðá earce . . . 'Áhóh hringas on ðá hyrnan ðǽre earce . . . and sting stengas út þurh ðá hringas bí ðǽre earce sídan . . .' Hwæt mæg seó earc tácnian?,

      Past. 169, 19-171, 2.
  • Ðerh aerca cýðnisse

    per arcam testamenti,

      Mt. p. 8, 6.
  • Ðá aerce,

      Rtl. 194, 15.
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  • earc, n.