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12. hana. Cock; older Teut. name of the cock, which 

 appears in Goth. >^a««/ OB.G. hano ; G.kakn; Icel.kam; 

 lit. ' a singer,' < root of L. canere, to sing. 



WW. 260. 37, 413. 34 : gallus, hana ; Lchdm. 3. 145. 24 : hanan ; M. H. 2. 

 246. 4 : se hana ; Jn. 13. 38 : se hona ; Lind. Ml. 26. 34, 74, 75 : hopa ; Mk. 

 14. 68 : se hana creow. 



Riddle 43 is interpreted as the cock and the hen : 



Ic seah wyhte wraetlice twa 



undearnunga ute plegan 



hsemedlaces : hwitloc anfeng 



wlanc under waedum, gif tSaes weorces speow, 



fsemne fyllo. Ic on flette maeg 



?5urh runstafas rincum secgan, 



?yani tJe bee witan, bega aetsomne 



naman Sara wihta. Baer sceal Nyd wesan 



twega 0(5er and se torhta jfEsc 



an an linan, Acas twegen, 



Hsegelas swa some, hwylc tSaes hordgates 



caegan craefte tSa clamme onleac, 



Se 3a raedellan wiS rynemenn 



hygefseste beold heoitan bewrigene 



orSoncbendum. Nu is undyrne 



werum aet wine, hu 3a wihte mid us 



heanmode twa hatne sindon. 



13. henn. Hen ; fem. of mas. OE. kana. Early Mod. 

 E. henne ; ME. hen; D. hen; OHG. henna; G. henne ; 

 equiv. to D. hoen ; OHG. hun; G. huhn ; Icel. hcena. 



M. Gr. 25. 5, 273. 17, M. Gl. 307. 9 : gallina, henn ; WW. 286. 33 : ~ hsen ; 

 •286. 34 : ornitka, haenn ; Ine's Laws 70 : henna ; Ecg. P. 57 : gif swyn oSSe 

 henna ete of mannes lichaman, slea man 3aet yrfe ; Lchdm. 2. 38. 6 : haenne 

 aeges geolocan ; 2. 40. 10 : genim hsenne rysele ; 2. ig6. 21 : haenne fiaesc ; 3. 

 174. 33 : gif him Since Saet he feala henna geseo o33e haebbe ; 3aet biS god ; 

 3. 176. I : gyf man maete Saet he henne aegeru haebbe, oSSe Siege ne deah 

 hym Saet ; 3. 204. 30 : henne aegru lecgan gestreon mid carf ulnysse ge [tac- 

 naS] ; 3. 204. 31 ; henne mid cicenum gesiS ceapas eacan ge [tacnaS] ; Mt. 

 23. 37: swa seo henn hyre cycenu under hyre fySeru gegaderaS ; ib., Lind.: 

 henne. 



Riddle 43 describes the cock and hen. 



14. henfugol. Hen ; lit. ' hen-fowl.' 



Chron. 1131 : Saer after swulten 3a henne fugeles ; Lchdm. i. 92. 16: 

 ■sumum henfugule ; Cod. Dip. i. 297. 2 : xx henfiigla ; 1. 299. 21 : xx hen- 

 fuglas ; I. 312. 9 : x hennfuglas ; 2. 355. 8 : iiii haenfugulas ; 2. 356. 15 : iiii 

 henfugeles. 



