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nicor
. In l. 2 read niccres, and add :-- In þǽre eá áweóllon swá ǽmettan þá nicras (printed þam cras) hypopotami ueluti formice efferbuere, Nar. 11. 13. [The form crás should be deleted.] [v. N. E. D. nicker.]
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nicor
, es ; m. I. a hippopotamus :-- Him wǽron ða breóst gelíce niecres breóstum hypopotami pectore, Nar. 20, 29. Nicoras hypopotami, 11, 11. II. a water-monster :-- Sanctus Paulus wæs geseónde on norþanweardne ðisne middangeard, ðǽr ealle wætero niþer gewítaþ, and hé ðǽr geseah ofer ðæm wætere sumne hárne stán ... and under ðæm stáne wæs niccra eardung and wearga. And hé geseah ... manige swearte sáula ... and ða fýnd on nicra onlícnesse heora grípende wǽron ... gewitan ða sáula niþer and him onféngon ða nicras, Blickl. Homl. 209, 29-211, 5.
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