Old English Dictionary Entry

Stirc

Part of speech: stiorc, styric, es ; Related words: 476.

Definitions

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1 stirc

n. A stirk, calf, a young bullock or a heifer :--Stirc bucula, juvenca, vitula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 63. Styrc juvencus, i. 78, 44. Ðæt þridde stód ánum styrce (cealfe, MS. C. : cf. ðæs celfes gelícnyss belimpþ tó Lucan, 192) gelíc. Homl. Skt. i. 15, 183. Tó féttum stiorce ad vitulum saginatum, Kent. Gl. 525. Stirc buculam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 11 : 93, 12. Bringaþ án fǽtt styric adducite vitulum saginatum, Lk. Skt. 15, 23. [Styrk boviculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 204, 5. Styrk, neet, or heifer juvenca, Prompt. ParGer. stárke, sterke a young cow that has not calved : M. H. Ger. stirke, sterke.] stirc

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛁᚱᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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