Old English Dictionary Entry

Bán-loca

Part of speech: an;

Definitions

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1 bán-loca

m. A bone inclosure, the skin, body; ossium clausura, caro :-- Ðý-læs se ord ingebuge under bánlocan lest the point enter in under the skin, Exon. 19a; Th. 48, 10; Cri. 769. ban-loca

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚪᚾ-ᛚᚩᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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