Hwæcce

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hwæcce

According to the Old English Dictionary:

an;

hwæcce
f. A chest [:-- Wearð gemét þæt feoh uppon ánre cornhwyccan (printed -hryccan; -hwæccan, Cf. Ofer þæs mynstres earce, seó wæs hwǽtes full super arcam monasterii, quae erat frumento plena, Gr. D. 158, 13. The same incident is described in the two passages), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 8.] [Nether wheche ne leede to be leyde in, bote a grete Clothe to hely my foule Caryin, E. W. 27, 4]. v. hwicce. hwæcce

Related words: l.

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