pocc

See also: PoCC and POCC

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”).

Noun

pocc m

pock, pustule, ulcer

Declension

Declension of pocc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pocc	poccas
accusative	pocc	poccas
genitive	pocces	pocca
dative	pocce	poccum

Descendants

Middle English: pok
- English: pock, pox
- Scots: pock

References

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

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