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spíca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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spíca, an; m.
Spikenard; any aromatic herb(?)
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  • Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum; ðǽr wǽron þreó ða betstan — ele, & nardus, & spíca (

    or is this merely the Latin word?

    ),
      Blickl. Homl. 73, 21.
  • Lǽcedóm . . . spícan wiþ útsihtan, and dracontjan wiþ fúle horas, . . . and balzaman smiring wiþ eallum untrumnessum,

      Lchdm. ii. 174, 4.
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  • spíca, n.