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Snaca

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m.: snacu (?), e; f. A reptile, a snake:--Snaca coluber, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 56: 287, 30: ii. 16, 75: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 7. Sý Dan snaca on wege fiat Dan coluber in via, Wulfst. 192, 20. Snace colubro, Hpt. Gl. 409, 72. Gif ðú gesihst snacan ongeán ðe cuman, ongeán yfele wýfmen ðé bewerian mynegaþ, Lchdm. iii. 214, 9. Snacan colubros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 37: scorpiones, Lk. Skt. 10, 19. [O. Du. snake: Icel. snákr (only in poetry).]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚾᚪᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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