plant-sticca
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A gardening-tool, a dibble (?) Plantsticca pastinatum, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 13
plega
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play, quick movement Plega gesticulatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 36. Plegan gestum, Hpt. Gl. 474, 10. play, (athletic) sport, game; often in poetry applied to fighting, see the compounds Plega ludus, Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Som. 7, 30. Ðes plega hic jocus, 13; Som.
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plúme
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A plum (fruit or tree) Seó plúme hoc prunum, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 60. Plumae prunus, Txts. 88, 822 : plumum, 87, 1600
plýme
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A plum (fruit or tree) Plýme prunum, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 57: prunus, ii. 68, 45
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polente
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Parched corn Hig ǽton polentan ( polentam ), Jos. 5, 11
pollegie
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Pennyroyal ; mentha pulegium Polleie, Lchdm. ii. 296, 23 : 350, 26. Pollege, ðæt on englis dwyrcge dwosle, i. 380, 10. Genim polleian, 118, 4 : ii. 318, 7. Genim pollegian, 138, 26: iii. 4, 9 : 16, 10. Pollegan, 28, 26: 48, 9
port-geráfa
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A port-reeve (v. port, II) Portgeréfa oððe burhwita municeps, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 41. Ðes portgeréfa hic prefectus urbis, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 16, 56. Man cýððe ðam portgeréfan ( the case is one of buying in the market at Ephesus ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 643.
pricele
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A point, very small thing Foruord ł pricle iota, pricle ł stæfes heáfod apex, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 18. Ðone hlætmesto pricclu (pricla, Rush.) nouissimum minutum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 59
prutene
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artemisia abrotanon Ðone súþenan wermód, ðæt is prutene, Lchdm. ii. 236, 20
prýte
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Pride, haughtiness Of ýdelum gylpe biþ ácenned prýte, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 32. Prýte heáge út áwyr[p]þ elatio excelsos deiect, Scint. 46. Gelíce ðám dwæsan ðe for heora prýtan léwe (sáre, MS. C.), ( on account of the infirmity of pride in them ) nellaþ
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purpure
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A purple garment Constantinus hiene benǽmde ǽgðer ge ðæs onwaldes ge ðære purpuran ðe hé werede, Ors. 6, 31 ; Swt. 284, 23. Hí scrýddon hine mid purpuran induunt eum purpura, Mk. Skt. 15, 17. Hé gemétte his ágenne sunu mid purpurum gegieredne ( purpuratus
pusa
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A bag, scrip 'Nolite portare sacculum ne peram : ' 'Ne bere gé mid eow pusan oððe codd' ... Hwæt mǽnþ se pusa búton woruldlíce byrþene, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 19-24. Se ríca berþ máre ðonne hé behófige tó his fórmettum, se þearfa berþ æmtigne pusan, i. 254
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pynca
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A point On pincan in puncto, Hpt. Gl. 492, 77. Cf. pyngan
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raca
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A rake Raca rastrum vel rastellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 10
ræce
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A rake Raece rastrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 28
rǽd-bora
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A counsellor; also translates consul Rǽdbora consiliarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 22. Hé ( the Messiah ) biþ geháten wundorlíc, rǽdbora, strang God, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 7 : Dóm. L. 42, 38. Aðelwold ðe is mín rǽdbora a secretis noster Athelwoldus, Chart. Th.
rǽde
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A reading, lesson Ðiós rédo haec lectio, Lk. Skt. p. 11, 16. Ðió rédo quae lectio, 11, 5. Rédes lectionis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 10, 16. Ðara réda lectionum, 13, 13. Tó réde ad lectionem, Rtl. 126, 1. Hálige rǽdan (rǽdincge, MS. T.) hé sceal lustlíce gehýran,
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rǽde-cempa
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A mounted soldier Rǽdewíga vel [rǽde] -cempa equester, qui equitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 66
rǽdels
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counsel, consideration Seó rédelse and ðæt geþeaht úrra feónda geteorode, Ps. Th. 9, 6. debate, speech in council (v. rǽdan, II b) Rǽdelse concionis, locutionis, Hpt. Gl. 461, 4. conjecture, imagination, interpretation (v. rǽdan, VI a) Rǽswung vel