byrc
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A birch-tree; betula Byre betula [MS. betulus ], Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 20; Wrt. Voc. 33, 20
býrging
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Taste, lasting; gustus, Scint. 12, Lye
byrhtu
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Brightness, splendour, Exon. 26a; Th. 76, 15; Cri. 1240
byrigen-stów
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A burying-place He sylfa byrigenstówe worhte sibi ipse in locum sepulcri fecerat, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 19
byris
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A graving-iron, file; scalprum, scalpellum Byris scalprum, Glos. Epnl. Reed. 162, 36: scalpellum, 162, 51
BYRNE
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A corslet, coat of mail; lorica, thorax Mót he gesellan monnan and byrnan and sweord he may give a man a corslet and a sword, L. In. 54; Th. i. 138, 1. Ðǽr wæs on eorle brogden byrne there was on the man the twisted coat of mail, Elen. Kmbl. 513; El.
bytt-fylling
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A filling of butts; doliorum impletio, L. Ath. v. § 8, l; Th. i. 236, 4
cǽge
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A key; clavis Cǽgan, Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 29; Rä. 43, 12
oandell
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A candle; candela, lampas
Candel-mæsse
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CANDLEMAS, the mass at the feast of purification which, in the Romish church, is celebrated with many lighted candles; festum purificationis beatæ Mariæ Æt Candelmæssan at Candlemas, L. Eth. ix. 12 ; Th. i. 342, 32. Hér, A. D. 1014, Swegen ge-endode
candel-weoc
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A wick of a candle, a torch; funale, funis Candelweoca funalia vel funes, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 87; Wrt. Voc. 41, 40
cann
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A knowledge, cognizance, averment or positive assertion, clearance; notitia, cognitio, assertio Mynstres aldor hine cænne in preóstes canne let the chief of a monastery clear himself with a priest's cognizance, L. Wih. 17; Th. i. 40, 13. Mid rihtre canne
car-clife
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Agrimony; agrimonia, Wrt. Voc. 79, 62
CEÁCE
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The jaw, CHEEK ; maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena Ðæt tácen ðære bærnesse he on his ceácan bær signum incendii in maxilla portavit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 16. He gehrán his ceácan contigit maxillam ejus, 3, 19; S. 549, 1. Ceácan malæ; maxillæ, Wrt. Voc. 282
ceahhetung
cachinnus, cachinnatio
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cachinnus, cachinnatio A loud or cackling laughter. Ðá gehýrde ic mycel gehlýd and ceahhetung, swá swá ungelǽredes folces then heard I a great noise and a cackling laughter, as of rude folk, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 30. Ceahhetung vel cincung cachinnatio,
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ceápung
Business, trade, traffic, commerce ⬩ negotium, negotiatio
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Business, trade, traffic, commerce; negotium, negotiatio; Be ceápunge concerning traffic or commerce, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 8. Fram ceápunge þurhgangende on þýstrum a negotio perambulante in tenebris, Ps. Spl. C. 90, 6. Ic ne ongeat grame ceápunga non
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ceaster-waru
Townsmen as a body, the citizens or city ⬩ cives, civitas
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Townsmen as a body, the citizens or city; cives, civitas Ðá eóde eall seó ceaster-warú then the whole city [citizens as a body] came out, Mt. Bos. 8, 34
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cedelc
The herb mercury ⬩ mercurialis perennis, Lin
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The herb mercury; mercurialis perennis, Lin Cedelc mercurialis, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 44. Herba mercurialis, ðæt is, cedelc the herb mercurialis, that is, mercury, Herb. cont. 84; Lchdm. i. 34, 3. Wið ðæs innoþes heardnysse genim ðás wyrte, ðe man mercurialis
cefes
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A concubine, L. C. S. 55; Th. i. 406, 16, note 26B
cenning
Birth, a producing ⬩ partus
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Birth, a producing; partus Ðære cenninge tíma tempus pariendi, Gen. 25, 24
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