"puca" meaning in Old English

See puca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpuː.kɑ/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to swell, blow”). Cognate with Old Norse púki (dialectal Swedish puke (“devil”)). Compare also Middle Low German spôk, spûk (“apparition, ghost”), Middle Dutch spooc (“apparition, ghost”) (Dutch spook), Middle High German gespük (“a haunting”) (German Spuk). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*pūkō}} Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*pūkô|t=a goblin, spook}} Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*(s)pāug(')-||brilliance, spectre}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*bew-|t=to swell, blow}} Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to swell, blow”), {{cog|non|púki}} Old Norse púki, {{cog|sv|puke|t=devil}} Swedish puke (“devil”), {{ncog|gml|spôk}} Middle Low German spôk, {{ncog|dum|spooc|t=apparition, ghost}} Middle Dutch spooc (“apparition, ghost”), {{ncog|nl|spook}} Dutch spook, {{ncog|gmh|gespük|t=a haunting}} Middle High German gespük (“a haunting”), {{ncog|de|Spuk}} German Spuk Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=pūca|head2=|sort=}} pūca m, {{ang-noun|m|head=pūca}} pūca m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|pūc}}, {{ang-decl-noun|pūca|pūcan|pūcan|pūcan|pūcan|pūcena|pūcan|pūcum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: pūca [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], pūca [nominative, singular], pūcan [nominative, plural], pūcan [accusative, singular], pūcan [accusative, plural], pūcan [genitive, singular], pūcena [genitive, plural], pūcan [dative, singular], pūcum [dative, plural]
  1. goblin
    Sense id: en-puca-ang-noun-9Z3fkY84 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31
  2. a mischievous spirit
    Sense id: en-puca-ang-noun-uNZsKx1e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pūcel
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