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CEAF

(n.)
Grammar
CEAF, cef, es, ceafu

chaff; palea

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chaff; palea Ceaf palea, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 68, 1; Wrt. Voc. 38,52. Ðæt ceaf he forbærnþ on unacwencedlícum fýre paleas comburet igni inextinguibili, Lk. Bos. 3, 17.

Linked entry: cef

ceaf

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Ðurh ðám streáwe and ðám ceafe sind getácnode leóhtlice synna, ii. 590, 9-14: 322, 19. Swelce wé nimen ðone clǽnan hwǽte, and weorpen ðæt ceaf onweg, Past. 369, 9. Ánim ꝥ ceaf onweg paleam tolle, Gr. D. 276, 22. On ceafa in paleas, Scint. 57, 7. Add

ceaf-finc

(n.)
Grammar
ceaf-finc, es; m.
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A chaffinch Ceaffinc scutacis, Hpt. 33, 241, 50

Linked entry: finc

windwig-ceaf

(n.)
Grammar
windwig-ceaf, es; n.

A husk winnowed from the grain

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A husk winnowed from the grain Windwig-ceafum paleis (the passage is: Non te hordeo alam, sed paleis et fame conficiam, Ald. 34), Hpt. Gl. 464, 3

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CEÁS

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁS, e; f: es; n.

A quarrel, strifelis

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A quarrel, strife; lis Gif man mannan wǽpnum bebyreþ ðǽr ceás weorþ if a man supply another with weapons where there is strife, L. Ethb. 18; Th. i. 6, 19. On ceáse in strife, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17.

Linked entry: or-ceás

CEALF

(n.)
Grammar
CEALF, celf, calf, es; cealfru, calfru; n. m.

A CALFvitulus, vitula

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A CALF; vitulus, vitula He genam án fætt cealf tulit vitulum tenerrimum, Gen. 18, 7. He ofslóh án fæt celf occidit vitulum saginatum, Lk. Foxe 15, 27. Ne onfó ic ná of eówrum húse cealfas non accipiam de domo tua vitulos, Ps. Th. 49, 10.

CEÁP

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁP, es; m.

cattlepecusSaleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, marketpretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum

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Deópum ceápe gebohte redeemed us at a great [deep] price, L. C. E. 18; Th. i. 370, 28. Sume wǽron to ceápe gesealde some were sold at a price, Nathan. 8: Gen. 41, 56. Awyrigende ceáp [MS. cep] malignum negotium, Lchdm. iii. 206, 32.

Linked entry: cép

CEAFL

(n.)
Grammar
CEAFL, es; m.

A bill, beak, snout, jaw, cheek;rostrum, rictus, fauces, maxilla

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A bill, beak, snout, jaw, cheek; rostrum, rictus, fauces, maxilla Se wída ceafl gefvlled biþ the wide jaw is filled, Exon. 97b; Th. 363, 26; Wal. 59: Andr. Kmbl. 3403; An. 1705.

Linked entry: ceaclum

CEARU

(n.)
Grammar
CEARU, caru, cearo, e; f.

CARE, sorrow, griefcura, dolor, mæror

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Ðonne biþ þearfendum cwíðende cearo then shall be wailing care to the miserable, Exon. 26b; Th. 79, 5; Cri. 1286: 77a; Th. 289, 29; Wand. 55. Gehýr me, ðonne ic to ðé bidde ceare full hear me, when I, full of care, pray to thee. Ps. Th. 140, 1.

Linked entries: cara care caru cearo

ceác

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Ðone ceák (luterem) . . . on ðǽm ceáke, Past. 105, 17, 13. Hé (David) genam his (Saul's) ceác ( scyphum aquae, 1 Sam. 26, 11), Ps. Th. 35, arg. Se gelýfeda cempa bróhte ceác fulne wæteres fulluhtes biddende, Hml. Th. i. 428, 1.

ceáp

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H. 199, 2. v. lah-, teóþung-ceáp; or-ceápes, -ceápe; un-ceáp

ceác

(n.)
Grammar
ceác, es; m. A pitcher, jug, basin, laver; urceus, caucus = καῦκος , luter = λουτήρ
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On ðæm ceáce in the laver, 16, 5; Cot. MS

Linked entries: céc ceác ful

cealf

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Hé ðá cealfas tó cúum lǽdde, Shrn. 61, 19. v. cú-, hind-cealf; cealfa hús in Dict. Add

ceás

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ceás, e; f.
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Ox. 4, 54. reproof, chiding, rebuke Dauið anféng eáðmódlíce his ágnes ðegnes ceáse (correptionem ), Past. 145, 19. ' Ðonne ic him cídde, ðonne oncúdon hié mé.' Hié oncúðon hiene for ðǽre ceáse, 355, 16. For úre ceáse ex nostra increpatione, 23

Linked entry: ceást

ceafl

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Þý fǽcnan ceafle strophoso rictu (carpere), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 66. Háwa hwæþer his ceaflas sín tóswollene, Lch. iii. 140, 8. Ceafla faucium, An. Ox. 3575. Grǽdigum ceaflum (faucibus), 838. Mid deórenum ceaflum ferinis rictibus, 3342: 1478.

ceác ful

(adj.)
Grammar
ceác ful, adj.

A pitcher full, jug full

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A pitcher full, jug full Brohte Romanus ceác fulne wæteres Romanus brought a jug full of water, Homl. Th. i. 428, 1. Gedó on ceác fulne wínes put [it] into a jug full of wine, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 23

cear

(adj.)
Grammar
cear, adj.

Sorrowful, anxious, sollicitousangore plenus, anxius, sollicitus

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Sorrowful, anxious, sollicitous; angore plenus, anxius, sollicitus On cearum cwidum with anxious words, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 2; Sat. 67: 134; Th. 169, 3; Gen. 2794

cearf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cearf, of ceorfan.

carved

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carved, Solil. in præf

ceat

(n.)

a thing

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a thing; res. Cot. 100 Ceatta cheats; circumventiones, Som. Ben. Lye

celf

(n.)

a calf

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a calf, Lk. Foxe 15, 27