þaca

Old English Dictionary Entry

þaca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: þeaca, an; Related words: ge-þaca and þæc. þaca

Definitions

1 þaca

m. A covering, roof :-- Ðone song hé gehýrde tó him neálǽcan, óð ðæt hé becom tó ðeacan ðære cyricean (ad tectum oratorii), Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 43. Cf. Bordðeaca, brodthaca testudo, Txts. 101, 1999. Bordþacan latrariis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 52.

Runic Inscription

ᚦᚪᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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