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. Add: I. a chest :-- Sum ceorl ásette his earcan (arcam) mid hwǽte gefylde ofer þæs hálgan mannes byrgene . . . Þá semninga wæs geworden þoden, þ̵ hé áhóf upp þá earcan and hí forð áwearp, Gr. D. 41, 32-42, 8. II. the ark of the covenant :-- Ðá hyrnan ðǽre earcan . . . bí ðǽre earcan sídan, Past. 168, 22, 24 (v. p. 506).æ
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