Earce

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - earce

According to the Old English Dictionary:

earce
Add: I. a chest:--Sum ceorl ásette his earcan (arcam) mid hwǽte gefylde ofer þæs hálgan mannes byrgene . . . Þá semninga wæs geworden þoden, ꝥ hé áhóf upp þá earcan and hí forð áwearp, Gr. D. 41, 32-42, 8. II. the ark of the covenant:--Ðá hyrnan ðǽre earcan . . . bí ðǽre earcan sídan, Past. 168, 22, 24 (

Related words: p. 506). earce

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