forelocc

Old English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ locc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfo.reˌlokk/, [ˈfo.reˌlok]

Noun

forelocc m

a forelock; lock of hair that covers the forehead

Declension

Declension of forelocc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	forelocc	foreloccas
accusative	forelocc	foreloccas
genitive	forelocces	forelocca
dative	forelocce	foreloccum

Descendants

Middle English: *forelok, *forelock
- English: forelock

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “forelocc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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