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f: earce, an; f. I. the ark of Noah; arca :-- Noe on ða earce eode Noah went into the ark. Mt. Bos. 24, 38: Lk. Bos. 17, 27. Under earce bord under the boards of the ark, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 23; Gen. 1333. Earce bordum with the boards of the ark, 67; Th. 81, 33; Gen. 1354. II. a chest, the ark of the covenant; cista, cistella :-- Cest vel earc cibōtium = GREEK, vel cistella, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 64; Wrt. Voc. 16, 37. On earce in the chest, Exon. 124b; Th. 479, 3; Rä. 62, 2. Æt Godes earce to the ark of God, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 30; Dan. 752: Ps. Th. 131, 8. f; arc, m. earc