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Old English Dictionary Entry

Tosca

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1 tosca

f. (?); in the Ritual feminines sometimes end in a), an; m. A frog:--Sceomiende (the glosser has taken rubeta as connected with rubeo) ða ðió is ácuoeden tosca rubeta ilia quae dicitur rana, Rtl. 125, 27. Sette him heard wíte hundes fleógan and hí ǽtan eác yfle tostan (toscan ?) hæfdan hí eallunga út áworpen immisit in eos muscam caninam, et comedit eos; ranam, et exterminavit eos, Ps. Th. 77, 45. Sende on heora eorþan toscean teónlíce misit in terram eorum ranas, 104, 26. [Cf. (?) O. H. Ger. zuscen to burn (so tosca might refer to the venomous character of the animal), cf. (?), also, Swed. tossa a toad: Dan. tudse.] tosca
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩᛋᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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