Spic-máse

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - spic-máse

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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spic-máse
f. A titmouse :-- Spicmáse (Wright prints swic-) parrula. Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 40. [In E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, p. 33, blue spick is given as the name of the blue titmouse in North Devon. Cf. Icel. spiki a tit.] spic-mase
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