Wealca

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wealca

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wealca
m. I. a roller, a wave, billow (cf. freturn, i. feruor maris a walke, Wülck. Gl. 584, 36). II. a garment that may be rolled round a person, a muffler, wrap, veil. v. wealcian :-- Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf and nam hire walcan (theristrum), Gen. 38, 14. wealca

Related words: ge-wealc :-- Streám út áweóll, fleów ofer foldan, fámige walcan eorðan þehton, miclade mereflód, Andr. Kmbl. 3047 ; An. 1526.

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