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Anglo-Saxon

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care

(n.)
Grammar
care, care, Ps. Th. 143, 18; acc.
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of caru

camb

(n.)
Grammar
camb, es; m. [camb joined; p. of cimban] .
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a comb for cleaning hair, wool, flax, etc; pecten. Wrt. Voc. 86, v. barnuc-camb, fleðe-camb, wulfes camb. the crest of a cock, the crest or top of a helmet, etc; crista Helmes camb the helmet's crest; crista, Ælfc. Gl. 53; Som. 66, 75; Wrt. Voc. 36,

Linked entry: cambiht

calic

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Add: ,celc Calic calix, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 1. Calices calicis, Ps. Srt. 10, 7. Celces, 15, 5. Hé on ǽnne lytelne calic sende sumne dǽl þæs líchaman, Hml. S. 23 b, 659. v. silfrene caliceas, Cht. Th. 429, 19.

cælc

(n.)
Grammar
cælc, es; m.
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A cup, chalice, goblet; calix Cælc oððe scenc calicem, Mt. Lind. Rush. Stv. 10, 42

calfur

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calves; vituli Ymb-saldon me calfur circumdederunt me vituli, Ps. Surt. 21, 13: 50, 21

calwa

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Voc. ii. 99, 80: 6, 54 occurs the gloss alapiciosa calwa. The latter word seems to be Latin; cf. alapiciosus caluus in other glossariem. v. Corp. Gl. H. xli

calan

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Hátian, calan aestuare, algere, Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 82, 25. Add

cæd

(n.)
Grammar
cæd, ced, es; m.
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A boat; linter, Mone B. 120, Ettm

Linked entry: ced

CǼG

(n.)
Grammar
CǼG, gen. cǽge; pl. nom. acc. cǽga, cǽgia; f; cǽge, an; f.
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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

Linked entry: cǽge

cæle

(n.)
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A KEEL or bottom of a ship; carina, Som. Ben. Lye

cáfe

(adv.)
Grammar
cáfe, adv.
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Quickly, promptly; celeriter, prompte Mægen samnode cáfe to ceáse he promptly collected his strength for the fight, Elen. Kmbl. 111; El. 56

calfru

(n.)
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calves, Ps. Th. 21, 10

calwa

(n.)
Grammar
calwa, an; m. A disease which causes baldness, the mange; alopecia = ἀλωπεκία , Cot. 12.

CAMP

(n.)
Grammar
CAMP, comp, es; m.
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A contest, war, battle; certamen, pugna, bellum Ic ne gýme ðæs compes I care not for the contest, Exon. 105b; Th. 402, 26; Rä. 21, 35. Drihten tǽcþ handa míne to gefeohte, and fingras míne to slehte oððe to campe Dominus docet manus meas ad prælium,

cann

(n.)
Grammar
cann, e; f.
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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

cara

(n.)
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care, Ælfc. Gl. 89; Som. 74, 96; Wrt. Voc. 51, 9

cann

Grammar
cann, In translation of last passage for 'the church clearance right' substitute
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'the church's right of clearance.'

carr

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cásus

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Verbum ys word, án dǽl lédensprǽce mid tíde and háde bútan cáse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 119, 9. Tó sumum cásum, 107, 4. Add

cæd

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Dele

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