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Old English · noun

boc

Normalised bōc

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong consonant stem
IPA
/boːk/
Syllables
boːk (1 syllable)
Modern English
bookbeech

boc1 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. book

    Littera is stæf on englisċ and is sē lǣsta dǣl on bōcum and untōdǣledlīċ.

    Littera means letter in English and is the indivisible and smallest part of books.

    c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

Declension · strong consonant stem

Declension of boc
SingularPlural
Nominative bōcbēċ
Accusative bōcbēċ
Genitive bēċbōcebōca
Dative bēċbōcum

boc2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. beech

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of boc
SingularPlural
Nominative bōcbōcabōce
Accusative bōcebōcabōce
Genitive bōcebōca
Dative bōcebōcum

All forms (5)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, whence also Old Frisian bōk (West Frisian boek), Old Saxon bōk (Low German Book), Dutch boek, Old High German buoh (German Buch), Old Norse bók (Danish bog, Norwegian bok), Swedish bok), Gothic (bōka). The Germanic root is often taken to be related to the word for beech, the wood of rune-tablets.

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bōkō.

Descendants

book

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