Holc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Holc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: ?] holc

Definitions

1 holc

n. [?] A hollow, cavity: -- Weaxeþ ðæt yfele blód on ðám holcum ðæs líchoman the evil blood increases in the hollow parts of thebody, L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 148, 7. On ðám holcum ðære lifre in the hollows of the liver, Lchdm. ii. 160, 26. [Cf. snikeð in ed te breoste holke, O. E. Homl. i. 251, 19: Halliwell Dict. holke, holket hollow: or is the meaning similar to that of hylca, q.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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