docce

docce f

1. plural of doccia

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdok.ke/

docce f

1. dock (genus Rumex)
   • 9th century, Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England, Volume III, p. 72, fol. 188 a.

     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.

Weak n-stem:

• ēadocce

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “docce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.