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hwicce

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hwicce, hwice (?), an; f.
A box, chest: — Huice trio (tria columbarium species, Migne),
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 76. Hwicce clustella (ut
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  • In loco ubi ruricoli nominantur Huiccewudu,

      C. D. ii. 10, 5.
Etymology
[Til . . . Perneles porfyl be put in heore whucche, Piers P. A. 4, 102. Alle woned in þe whichche (the ark), Allit. Pms. 49, 362. Whyche cista, archa, Prompt. 242. Make a luytel whucche forte do in ꝥ blod, Jos. 39.]
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v. corn-hwicce; hwæcce.
Linked entries
v.  hwæcce.
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  • hwicce, n.