BOLCA

Old English Dictionary Entry

BOLCA

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 BOLCA

m. The gangway of a ship; forus navis :-- Bolea forus, Cot. 86. Geseah weard beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas the guard saw bright shields borne over the ship's gangway, Beo. Th. 467; B. 231: Andr. Kmbl. 1203; An. 602. He on bolcan sæt he sat on the gangway, 610: An. 305. [Icel. búlki, m. the cargo of a ship.] bolca

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚩᛚᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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