pæca

Old English

Etymology

From pǣċan (“to deceive”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæː.t͡ʃɑ/

Noun

pǣċa m

1. a deceiver

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	pǣċa	pǣċan
accusative	pǣċan	pǣċan
genitive	pǣċan	pǣċena
dative	pǣċan	pǣċum

Related terms

• bepǣċestre f (“seductress, harlot”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “pæca”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.