Loca

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - loca

According to the Old English Dictionary:

loca
Dele: ' That which close s, . . . lock, ' and first passage (for which see loc ; I) ; for : ' 72 b . . . Sal. 185 ' substitute: Bóca cǽga, [le]or-nenga locan the keys of books, the locked place of learning, Sal. 135. Ic sume in bryne sende, in líges locan (into the cloister of flame, hell), Jul. 474 ; and add:

Related words: cǽg-, cealf-, heáfod-loca. loca

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