Hnecca

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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HNECCA

m. A NECK, nape of the neck, back of the head :-- Hnecca cervix vel jugulum, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 116; Wrt. Voc. 43, 44: Wrt. Voc. 70, 26: Wá ðǽm ðe willaþ lecggean bolster under ǽlcne hneccan menn mid tó gefónne ... Ðonne biþ se hnecca underléd mid bolstre væ his qui faciunt cervicalia sub capite universæ ætatis ad capiendas animas ... Quasi cervicalibus caput jacentis excipitur, Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 14. Gníd ðone hneccan mid ðý rub the back of the neck with it, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 20, 25. Ðæt dú næbbe nán þing háles fram ðám fótwolmum óþ ðone hneccan sanari non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum, Deut. 28, 35. [Laym. necke: Chauc. Piers P. Prompt. Parv. nekke collum: O. Frs. hnecka: Icel. hnakki the nape of the neck, back of the head: O. H. Ger. hnach testa capitis, occiput, cacumen: Ger. nacken.] hnecca