Old English Dictionary Entry

CALIC

Part of speech: cælic, cælc, calc, es;

Definitions

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1 CALIC

m. A cup, CHALICE, goblet; calix :-- Se calic mínre blisse the cup of my joy, Ps. Th. 15, 5: Ps. Spl. 22, 7. Dǽl calices mínes pars calicis mei, Ps. Spl. 15, 5. He genam ðone calic accepit calicem, Mt. Bos. 26, 27, 28: Ps. Th. 115, 4: Ps. Surt. 115, 13. [Plat, kelk: O. Sax. kelik, m: O. Frs. tzielk, tzilik, m: Dut. kelk, m : Ger. kelch, m: M. H. Ger. kelich, kelch, m; O. H. Ger. kelih, m: Dan. kalk, m. f: Swed. Norw. kalk, m: Icel. kalkr, m; from Lat. calix: Grk. GREEK .] calic

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Runic Inscription

ᚳᚪᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
Lat.: Latin
O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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