Hlec

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlec

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 hlec

adj. Having cracks or rents :-- Hlec, rimosus, scissurosus, Hpt. Gl. 529. Swíðe lytlum síceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip, and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýþ déþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr útáweorpe hoc agit sentina latenter excrescens, quod patenter procella sæviens, Past. 57, 1; Swt. 437, 15. hlec

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᛖᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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