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Old English Dictionary Entry

HRÓC

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1 HRÓC

m. A ROOK, a raven, a jackdaw :-- Hróc gracculus vel garrulus, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 27; Wrt. Voc. 29, 47: 77, 44. Hróc gralus, grallus, 62, 31: 281, 1: garrula, Shrn. 29, 1. Se selþ nýtenum mete and briddum hróca cígendum hine qui dat jumentis escam ipsorum, et pullis corvorum invocantibus eum, Ps. Spl. 146, 10. [O. and N. rok: Prompt. Parv. rook frugella, graculus: O. Du. rouca garula: Icel. hrókr: O. H. Ger. hruoh graculus.] hroc
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᚩᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
Icel.
Icelandic
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
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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