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wulfes-camb

(n.)
Grammar
wulfes-camb, es; m.

Wild teazle

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Wild teazle Wulfes-camb cameleon, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 3: camellia, 67, 9: camellea, ii. 102, 50 : 13, 12. Se bráda wulfes-camb camemelon alba, i. 67, 26. Wulfes-camb. Genim ðysse wyrte seáw ðe man chameaelae, and óðrum naman wulfes-camb nemneþ, Lchdm. i

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

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

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,

caul

(n.)
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a basket, Cot. 45: 196

cæd

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Dele

cáma

(n.)
Grammar
cáma, an; m.
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A bit Mid brídle and mid cáman in freno et camo, Ps. Th. 31, 11

camp

(n.)
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a field (?) Þis synt þá denbára . , . gelecan camp, C. D. ii. 216, 6. Wæst tó rocggan campæs geatæ, v. 255, 32. Tó wígan campe, 313, 10: vi. 67, 9. On todan camp; of todan campe, iii. 425, 27. [O. L. Ger. kamp an enclosure, field: O. Frs. kamp an enclosed

camp

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Se camp (certamen) in þæs mannes breóste, Gr. D. 18, 3. Se stranga wiga, S. Paulus, sóhte þone feld þæs campes (certaminis campum), 110, 16. Fulfremede campe (compe) perfecto agone, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 27, 22. Hé wolde deófol gelaþian tó campe wiþ hine,

cæg

(n.)
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Dele 'For eage; f. l. ' and add Seó cǽge, Verc. Först. 128, 20

cǽs

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cǽs, chose, Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 35, = ceás; p.
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of ceósan

camb

(n.)
Grammar
camb, e; f.
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A comb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey; favus Hí yrnbþrungon me swá swá beón camba they surrounded me as bees [surround] the combs, Ps. Lamb. 117, 12

camp

(n.)
Grammar
camp, es; m.
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A bond, fetter, chain; compes Hió bindan þenceaþ cyningas on campum ad alligandos reges eorum in compedibus, Ps. Th. 149, 8

Linked entry: comp

care

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

carl

(n.)
Grammar
carl, es; m. [= ceorl a churl]
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A churl, rustic; rusticus, colonus Carles wǽn the churl's wain or waggon, Æqu. Vern. 30, 5; Wrt. popl. science 16, 5; Lchdm. iii. 270, 11. 12; Boutr. Scrd. 29, 31. v. caries wǽn

carl

(adj.)
Grammar
carl, adj.
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Male, masculine; masculus. Used in compounds, as carl-cat, -fugel, -man

cawl

(n.)
Grammar
cawl, caul, ceawl, ceaul, es; m. A basket; sporta, corbis, cophĭnus = κόφινος
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Cawl sporta, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 118; Wrt. Voc. 34, 47. Hý heora cawlas afylled hæfdon they had filled their baskets, Ors. 4, 8: Bos. 90, 34. Caul corbis, Cot. 45: 196. Ceawlas cophinos, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20. Ceaulas cophinos, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43

Linked entries: caul ceaol ceawl cel ceofl ceol ceoul ceowl cewl

carl

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Arcton hátte án tungol on norðdǽle . . . þone hátað lǽwede menn carles wǽn, Lch, iii. 270, 11. Dele bracket, and add

carl

(adj.)
Grammar
carl, adj.
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Dele

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