Snaca

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - snaca

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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snaca
m.: snacu (?), e; f. A reptile, a snake:--Snaca coluber, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 56: 287, 30: ii. 16, 75: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 7. Sý Dan snaca on wege fiat Dan coluber in via, Wulfst. 192, 20. Snace colubro, Hpt. Gl. 409, 72. Gif ðú gesihst snacan ongeán ðe cuman, ongeán yfele wýfmen ðé bewerian mynegaþ, Lchdm. iii. 214, 9. Snacan colubros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 37: scorpiones, Lk. Skt. 10, 19. [O. Du. snake: Icel. snákr (only in poetry).]

Related words: ban-suaca. snaca

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