Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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flyge-píl

(n.)
Grammar
flyge-píl, es; m.
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A flying dart

Linked entry: píl

hwirf-pól

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Dele, and see hwirfe-pól

mylen-púl

Grammar
mylen-púl, l.
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-pull

palm-æppel

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Palmæppla dactilorum, Hpt. 33, 239, 20. Add

pan-mete

(n.)
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Insert after panic

pól-bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
pól-bǽr, e; f.
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Pasture-land by a pool On monnes pólbǽre, C. D. iii. 415, 5

pæll

(n.)
Grammar
pæll, pellt, es ; m.
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a pall, covering, cloak, costly robe Pæl (pell) pallium, mid pælle (pelle) gescrýd palliatus, Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 257, 3-4. Pæl pallium, Blickl. Gl. Weofod mid reádum pælle gescrýd ( the altar was in the church dedicated to St.

Linked entry: pell

pearl

Grammar
pearl, (?) The word, which occurs in a list of terms connected with writing, is glossed by enula, which elsewhere glosses
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horselene Pærl enula, bócfel pergamentum, Ælfc. Gr. Zup. 304. 7

part

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Wé ne magon þisne part fullíce trahtnian on Engliscum gereorde, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 240, 16. Add

palm-twiga

(n.)
Grammar
palm-twiga, (?), an; m.
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A palm-branch Palmtwiga palma, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 312, 9

Linked entry: twiga

palm-twig

(n.)
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a palm-branch Palmtwig palma, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 61 : Blickl. Gl. Onfóh ðissum palmtwige, Blickl. Homl. 137, 25. Heó álegde ðæt palmtwig ðe heó ǽr onféng, 139, 4.

pang

(n.)
Grammar
pang, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 52,
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an error for þung (?)

paþ

Similar entry: pæþ

Peác-

(prefix)
Grammar
Peác-, Péc-sǽtan; pl.
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The occupiers of the Peak Pécsǽtna [land is] twelf hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414. 17

pell

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
pell, pellen.

Similar entry: pæll

pic

(n.)
Grammar
pic, es ; n.
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Pitch Ðis pic haec pix, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 63; Som. 13, 54 : Wrt. Voc. ií. 117, 39. Hlúttor pic resin, Lchdm. ii. 44, 24 : 72, 25. Genim pices lytel, 96,12. Weallendes pices, 252, 1 : Dóm. L. 14, 199. Heó smirode hine mid tyrwan and mid pice, Ex. 2, 3. Ðá

píc

(n.)
Grammar
píc, es; m.
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A point, pointed instrument, pike Piic acisculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 39. Píc, 4, 23 : i. 17, 31

Linked entry: pícung

pile

(n.)
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a pillow

pís

(adj.)
Grammar
pís, adj.
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Heavy, weighty Byrðenna hefiga ł písa onera gravia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 4

Linked entry: písian

pur

(n.)
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a bittern(?) Hæferblǽte vel pur bicoca, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 42. Ráradumbla, ðæt is pur onocrotalus, 62, 21

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