Weóce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weóce

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 weóce

f. The wick of a lamp or candle :-- Weóce licinius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 19. Leóhtfæt lucernarium, candelsnytels emunctorium, weóce papirus, i. 26, 56, Weócan (papyrum) settan to put a wick to a lamp, Lchdm. iii. 348, col. 1. Ðonne dú blácernes behófige . . . wǽt mid ðínum scytefingre on midden, swylce dú weócan settan wylle, Techm. ii. 126, 3. Riscene weócan fila scirpea, Germ. 391, 15. weoce

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᚩᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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