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cancer

(n.)
Grammar
cancer, gen. cancres; m?

a cancer, an eating ⬩ spreading disease ⬩ cancer, morbus ⬩ a crab ⬩ cancer, animal

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Wið cancre for cancer, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 21; Lchdm. i. 354, 25. a crab; cancer, animal

Linked entry: cancer-hæbern

cancer

Grammar
cancer, (-or).
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Hym of þám andwlytan nyðer áfeóll se cancer þe hyne ǽr swýðe ámyrred hæfde, Hml. A. 183, 70. Þone cancor (ἄφθας) þǽra tóða, Lch. i. 294, 21

cancer

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Add: — Gestanden mid cancre þǽre wunde, Gr. D. 279, 27

cancer-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
cancer-ádl, e; f.

A cancer-disease, a canker ⬩ cancer, carcinoma

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A cancer-disease, a canker; cancer, carcinoma = καρκίνωμα Wið cancerádle, ðæt is, bíte against cancer-disease, that is, a biting disease, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 108, 9

Linked entry: ádl

cancer-hæbern

(n.)
Grammar
cancer-hæbern, es; n.

a crab ⬩ a place, dwelling-place ⬩ A crab-hole ⬩ caverna, cavernula D.

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[ Similar entries cancer a crab, Similar entries hæbern = hæb-ærn a place, dwelling-place] A crab-hole; caverna, cavernula D

Linked entry: cancer

cancer-wund

(n.)
Grammar
cancer-wund, e; f.
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The wound made by cancer Wið cancorwund, Lch. i. 370, 7. Wið cancorwunda, genim þás wyrte . . . lege tó ðám wundum, ealne þone bite þæs cancres heó áfeormað, 296, 20

Linked entry: wund

cancer-hæbern

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Dele, and see hæfern

cantel

(n.)
Grammar
cantel, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter ( ? v. cantle, cant
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in N. E. D.) Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð, and þá syllan man fægere gefegð, and þá beámas gelegð, and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað and mid cantlum underwriðað, Angl. viii. 324, 10. [From Low Lat. cantellus.]

cantere

(n.)
Grammar
cantere, es; m.
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One who sings the psalms in church Fram cantere beó ongunnan antefn mid sealme a cantore inchoetur antephona cum psalmo, Angl. xiii. 428, 904

canceler

(n.)
Grammar
canceler, es; m.

A chancellor ⬩ cancellarius

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A chancellor; cancellarius Se cyng Willelm betǽhte Rodbeard his cancelere ðæt biscopríce on Lincolne the king William transferred the bishopric of Lincoln to Robert his chancellor, Chr. 1093; Ing. 306, 7

candel

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Condel funalia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 34. Candel candela, i. 284, 34: 81, 34. Gif þé smælre candelle geneódige, þonne bláw þú on þínum scytefingre, Tech. ii. 120, 20. Acolitus is gecweden sé þe candele oððe tapor byrð, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 4. Gyf man mǽte

CANDEL

(n.)
Grammar
CANDEL, candell, condel, condell, e; f: candel, es; n.

A CANDLE ⬩ candela, lampas ⬩ a candle

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A CANDLE; candela, lampas = λαμπάς Hádre scíneþ ródores candel the sun [the candle of the firmament] serenely shines, Beo. Th. 3148; B. 1572. Candeles leóma the light of a candle; lampas, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 88; Wrt. Voc. 41, 41. Glád ofer grúndas

cantere

(n.)
Grammar
cantere, es; m.

A singer ⬩ cantor

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A singer; cantor, Som. Ben. Lye

CANNE

(n.)
Grammar
CANNE, an; f.

A CAN, cup ⬩ crater

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A CAN, cup; crater Canne crater vel canna, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 38; Wrt. Voc. 24, 38

canc

(n.)
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mockery, derision Cance gannatura, irrisione, Hpt. Gl. 510, 73

Linked entries: cancettan ge-canc

candel leóht

(n.)
Grammar
candel leóht, es; n.

Candle-light ⬩ lucernæ lumen,

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Candle-light; lucernæ lumen, C. R. Ben. 53

canter-cæppe

(n.)
Grammar
canter-cæppe, (-cæpp?), an; f.
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A cope Se abbud mid cantercæppan (cappa) gescrýdd, Angl. xiii. 403, 546. III. cantercæppa[n?], Cht. Th. 429, 23

Linked entry: cæppe

canter-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
canter-stæf, es; m.
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A staff used by a cantor (v. preceding word)] III. canterstafas III. baculi cantorum (baculi quibus in ecclesia utebantur cantores, Migne), Cht. Th. 429, 23

mere-candel

(n.)
Grammar
mere-candel, e; f.

The sea-candle ⬩ the sun which rises from, or sets in the sea

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The sea-candle, the sun which rises from, or sets in the sea, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 114; Met. 13, 57

Linked entry: heáðu-sigel

candel-sticca

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Gyf þú candelsticcan habban wille . . . , hald þíne hand sámlocene, swylce þú candelstæf hæbbe, Tech. ii. 120, 18. II. sylurene candelsticcan and II. ouergylde, Cht. Th. 243, 34. II. mycele gebónede candelsticcan, and VI. lǽssan candelsticcan gebónede