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Dalc

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Definitions

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1 dalc

m. A clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet; fibula, spinther, regula :-- Preón vel oferfeng vel dalc fibula, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 22; Wrt. Voc. 40, 53. Dalc spinther, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 63. Ic geseah sumne gildenne dalc on fíftigum entsum vidi regulam auream quinquaginta siclorum, Jos. 7, 21. Dolc oððe preón spinther, Wrt. Voc. 74. 59. dalc
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚪᛚᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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