Hrǽcan
Dicionário Anglo-Saxónico de Inglês Antigo de Bosworth & Toller - hrǽcan
De acordo com o Dicionário de Inglês Antigo:
- hrǽcan
- p. hrǽhte To clear the throat, hawk, spit :-- Ic hrǽce oððe ic spǽte screo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 17. Hrǽce hió him on ðæt nebb foran huic in faciem mulier expuat, Past. 5, 2; Swt. 43, 15. Gif hwá blód swíðe hrǽce if any one spit much blood, Herb. 40, 2; Lchdm. i.142, 1. Wið ðæt man hefelíce hrǽce for difficulty in clearing the throat in cases of cold, 46, 1; Lchdm. i. 148, 12, 15. [Icel. hrækja to hawk, spit: cf. O. H. Ger. rachison screare.]