BOX

Old English Dictionary Entry

BOX

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: 195, 14. [

Definitions

1 BOX

m? n? The BOX-tree; buxus = πυtonos;ξos, buxus sempervirens, Lin :-- Box buxus, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 39; Wrt. Voc, 33, 36: 79, 71. Æt ðam boxe, of ðam boxe at the box-tree, from the box-tree, Cod. Dipl. 1102; A. D. 931; Kmbl. Chauc. box-tree: Dut. bos-boom: Ger. buchs, m: M. H. Ger. buhs, m: O. H. Ger. buhs-boum: Dan. bux-bom: Swed. bux-bom: Lat. buxus: Grk. πυtonos;ξos the box-tree or box-wood.] DER. bixen. box

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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