Dalc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dalc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: dolc, es; Related words:

Definitions

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

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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