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Old English · noun

docce

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈdok.ke/
Syllables
ˈdok · ke (2 syllables)
Modern English
dockbundlerumexwispgenusfibresfibremuscle

docce1 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. bundle, wisp

  2. muscle fibres, muscle

Declension · weak n-stem

Declension of docce
SingularPlural
Nominative doccedoccan
Accusative doccandoccan
Genitive doccandoccena
Dative doccandoccum

docce2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. dock (genus Rumex)

    Þis dēah wið fōt eċe: ġenim elenan moran ⁊ eferþrotan moran ⁊ doccan moran. Wyll swīðe well on buteran. Drēahna ūt þurh wyllene clāð. Lǣt cōlian. Æfter smyre. Syþþan ꝥ ġeswel him bið sōna sēl.

    This avails against foot-pain: take elecampane-root and carline thistle-root and dock-root. Boil (it) very well in butter. Drain (it) out through woollen cloth. Let (it) cool. Smear (it) after. Subsequently, his swelling will soon improve.

    9th century, Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England, Volume III, p. 72, fol. 188 a.

Declension · weak n-stem

Declension of docce
Singular
Nominative docce
Accusative doccan
Genitive doccan
Dative doccan

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ. Cognate with Old Saxon dokka (“swing, doll”), Old High German tokka (“stook, skein, doll, swing”).

From Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“dark”).

Descendants

dock

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