byrn-wíga
A soldier clothed in armour ⬩ loricatus miles
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A soldier clothed in armour; loricatus miles Se byrnwíga búgan sceolde the mailed warrior must submit, Beo. Th. 5828; B. 2918: Exon. 77b; Th. 292, 5; Wand. 94. Byrnwígena brego the chief of mailed soldiers, Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 28; Jud. 39
CǼG
A KEY ⬩ clavis
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A KEY ; clavis Stæfcræft is seó cǽg ðe ðæra bóca andgýtt unlýcþ grammar is the key that unlocketh the sense of books, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. I. 23: 9, 28; Som. 11, 54: Past. 15, 2; Hat. MS. 19a, 17. Ge ætbrudon ðæs ingehýdes cǽge tulisti clavem scientiæ
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býtla
a hammer ⬩ A hammerer, builder ⬩ ædificator
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A hammerer, builder; ædificator Se býtla ðǽr háligne hám arǽrde the builder raised up a holy home there, Exon. 34b; Th. 110, 36; Gú. 119
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cǽge
A key ⬩ clavis
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A key; clavis Cǽgan, Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 29; Rä. 43, 12
cænnestre
One who has borne, a mother, dam ⬩ genitrix
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One who has borne, a mother, dam; genitrix
cæmpa
A soldier ⬩ pugnator
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A soldier; pugnator Wer cæmpa vir pugnator, Cant. Moys. Lamb. 186 b, 3
calwa
A disease which causes baldness, the mange ⬩ alopecia
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A disease which causes baldness, the mange; alopecia = ἀλωπεκία Cot. 12
Candel-mæsse
CANDLEMAS, the mass at the feast of purification which, in the Romish church, is celebrated with many lighted candles ⬩ festum purificationis beatæ Mariæ
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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-bora
A CANDLE-BEARER, a subdeacon, a clerk ⬩ acolythus
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A CANDLE-BEARER, a subdeacon, a clerk; acolythus = ἀκόλουθος Cot. 203
capitol
A chapter ⬩ capitulum
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A chapter; capitulum Hér onginþ se forma capitul here begins the first chapter, L. Ecg. P. cont. i. 1; Th. ii. 170, 3: iii. 1; Th. ii. 194, 23. On ðam ende ðises capitulan in the end of this chapter, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 33
car-clife
Agrimony ⬩ agrimonia
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Agrimony; agrimonia, Wrt. Voc. 79, 62
CEÁCE
The jaw, CHEEK ⬩ maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena
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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
yfel-dǽde
Of evil deeds; a person of evil deeds
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Of evil deeds; a person of evil deeds Gif hé nǽre yfeldǽde malefactor ne sealde wé hine ðé, Jn. Skt. 18, 30. Ðá féng his sunu tó his ríce swýðe yfeldǽda, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 228. with special reference to magical practices :-- Gif hwylc yfeldǽde man þurh
ysope
Hyssop
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Hyssop Ðás wyrte sculon tó lungensealfe, bánwyrt, . . . isopo, saluie, Lchdm. iii. 16, 8. Ysopan sceaft fasciculum hyssopi, Ex. 12, 22. Fram ðam heágan cederbeáme tó ðære lytlan ysopan, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 5. Hysopan gelícne, Lchdm. i. 160, 12. Bespreng
rǽswa
a counsellor ⬩ one who takes thought (for the public good), ⬩ a prince, king ⬩ a leading man, chief person, leader
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a counsellor Cwæð ðá se ðe wæs cyninges rǽswa (cf. 'the king spake unto his counsellors ... They answered and said unto the king,' Dan. 3, 14), wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 11; Dan. 417. one who takes thought (for the public good), a prince, king
spranc
A shoot, twig, sprig
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A shoot, twig, sprig Spranca (sprauta, Wrt.) sirculus vel virgultum. Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 44. Styb vel spranca (sprauta, Wrt.) tirps, 33, 57. Treówes sprancan plante, 39, 14. Deáðbǽre sprancan letiferas labruscas, Hpt. Gl. 454, 17. Spranca sarmentorum, 468
stacga
A stag ⬩ a he-bird ⬩ a tom-cat
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A stag Regalem feram, quam Angli staggon appellant, L. C. F. 24; Th. i. 429, 5
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á-wille
Boldly ⬩ procaciter
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Boldly; procaciter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 43
barice
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Barriggae baruina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 59. Bericge baruhina, 10, 77. Barice braugina, 102, 25: brugina (printed brugma), 127, 29. ?
weóce
The wick of a lamp ⬩ candle
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The wick of a lamp or candle Weóce licinius Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 19. Leóhtfætlucernarium, candelsnytelsemunctorium, weócepapirus, i. 26, 56 Weócan (papyrum) settan to put a wick to a lamp Lchdm. iii. 348, col. 1. Ðonne ðú blácernes behófige . . . wǽt mid