Mattuc, mattoc, mettoc, meottic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mattuc, mattoc, mettoc, meottic

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 mattuc, mattoc, mettoc, meottic

m. A mattock, kind of pickaxe :-- Mattuc ligonem; mattucas lagones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 35, 36. Mettac tridens, i. 289, 59. Mettocas ligones, rastros, Ep. Gl. 22 d, 29: lagones, 13 b, 20: ligones, 13 f, 1: Wrt. Voc. ii, 50, 77: rastros, 118, 68. Meottoc tridens, 222, 64. Meotticas ligones, 112, 66. Ðonne hét hé hiene (the rock) mid fýre onhǽtan and siððan mid mattucun heáwan rupes igni ferroque rescindit, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 19. [Mattok bidens, Wrt. Voc. 234, 10: Prompt. Parv. mattok, pykeye or twybyl ligo, marra. Welsh matog, a hoe.] mettoc,mattoc,meottic,mattuc

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᛏᛏᚢᚳ, ᛗᚪᛏᛏᚩᚳ, ᛗᛖᛏᛏᚩᚳ, ᛗᛇᛏᛏᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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