Bord-baca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bord-baca

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 bord-baca

Substitute: bord-þaca, -þeaca, an; m. I. a board for roofing :-- Bordþacan latrariis, fierst laquear, fierste laquearea, hróf lacunar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 52-55. [Cf. Icel. borð-þak a covering of planks; borð-þekja to cover with planks.] II. a shield-covering, phalanx :-- Bordðeaca, borohaca, brodthaca vel sceldhréda testudo, Txts. 101, 1999. bord-baca

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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