munt-clýse
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A place shut in by hills, a mountain-prison : Gog and Magog, þæt beóð þá mancyn þe Alexander beclýsde binnan muntclýsan, Wlfst. 84, 31. [Cf. Efter this Alexander went and closed in a maner of folkes þat are called Gog and Magog wiþin þe hilles of Caspy
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munuc-cnapa
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A young monk Se áwyrgeda gást . . tócwýsde ǽnne munuccnapan (ǽnne þára muneca, v. l.) sumes geréfan sunu malignus spiritus unum puerulum monachum cujusdam curialis filium contrivit Gr. D. 125, 7 : 93, 18. Sum Benedictes munuccnapana (coiht, sé wæs munuc
mynster-clúse
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A cloister, monastery, convent His gemæccean mynecyna mynsterclúsan swá unearges mid gewunan hyrdes heó bewerude swýþe wǽrlíce hé (Edgar) bebeád coniugi suę sanctimonialium mandras [mandra monasterium, Migne] ut impauidi more custodis defenderet cautissime
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níw-gefara
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A new-comer, a stranger Nígefaran tó túne feccan, Ll. Th. i. 432, 16
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nón-belle
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The bell rung at the hour for the service of nones Monegra monna gewuna is þonne hé fæstan sceolan, ꝥ sóna swá hig þá nónbellan gehýrað hig tó mete fóð, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 34
ólǽcung
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Ólǽcung conspiratio, An. Ox. 4955
ome
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?) A liquid measure Hé cwæð ꝥ hé sceolde syllan his hláford hundteóntig oman mid ele ámetene, Nap. 50
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palm-twiga
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A palm-branch Palmtwiga palma, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 312, 9
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peónie
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Peony Piónie pionia, An. Ox. 56, 418. Peónia peonia, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 22. Ðeós wyrt ðe man þeónian nemneð, Lch. i. 168, 14
planéta
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A planet (v. N. E. D.), chasuble Scrýde hine mid superhumerale and mid alban and stolan and handlíne and planétan, ꝥ is godwebben cappe, MS. Laud 482, f. 48 a
plegestre
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A female athlete Cemp[ena], plegestr[en]a luctatorum, An. Ox. 4735
pos
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A cold, catarrh Posa catarrum, i. angustia pectoris, An. Ox, 31, 1
riht-ándaga
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The right term or time Gif preóst tó rihtándagan crisman ne fecce, Ll. Th. i. 168, 10. Tó þám rihtándagan gafol gelǽstan, 270, 17
rynele
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A stream Hér yrneð úp se æftra streám þǽre godcundan sprǽce, sé cymð of þǽre rynelan (þám burnon, v. l. ) þæs gástlican ǽsprynges, Gr. D. 94, 14
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rysce
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A bed of rushes (?) Of bæccæ funtan on ðá riscæan; of ðǽre riscæan on sagelmære, C. D. iv. 27, 15
sǽte
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A house Ðis sindon ðá londgemǽra . . . Ǽrest úp of Sæfern on Beornwoldes sǽtan; of sǽtan on hagan geat, C. D. iii. 79, 15
scapulare
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A scapular, scapulary, a short cloak Gif þú tó hwilcere gehírsumnesse scapulares beþurfe, þonne stríc þú eclinga mid ǽgðere hande ofer ǽðerne earm ymbe ꝥ útan þe þæs scapularæs handstoca áteóriað, Tech. ii. 127, 18-20. Hæbban hý eác mid tó wyrcenne scapulare
scíre
sigele
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A necklace Gyldene sigelan, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 473, 13
slecg-wyrhta
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One who works with a hammer, a worker in metals Tubalcain þe wæs slecgwirhta and smið (malleator et faber), Nap. 57