Hulc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hulc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: 2; Th. i. 300, 9. [

Definitions

1 hulc

m. [?] A light ship, a hulk [but in later times the word is applied to a heavy ship of clumsy make]; liburna, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 102; Wrt. Voc. 56, 23. Si adveniat ceol vel hulcus, L. Eth. iPrompt. Parv. hulke, shyppe hulcus, and see the note, p. 252: O. Du. hulke navis oneraria: O. H. Ger. holcho actuaria navis.] hulc

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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