Hleápe-wince

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hleápe-wince

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hleápe-wince
Add :-- Hleápewince cucu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 17: cucurata, Hpt. 33, 240, 26. [With wince, describing the peculiar flight of the bird, compare wancol.]

Related words: læpe-wince. hleape-wince

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