bí-wist
Subsistence
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Subsistence Ðis is myngung manna bíwiste quorum hoc viaticum sit, Ll. Th. i. 440, 29. Gif hwá hwæt lytles ǽniges bigwistes him sylfum gearcode, reáferas ðone mete him of ðám muðe ábrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 404, 3. On heora bíwiste and on hrægle gehealdene,
ber-land
bear-land
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Land where barley grows, bear-land (D. D. ) On berlandes heáfda, C. D. iii. 367, 9
breóst-beorh
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A breast-plate. Brióstbiorg propugnaculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 30. Substitute, e; f. A breast-work
cwic-lác
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A living sacrifice Cuiclácum (cwicum lácum, R.) holocaustomatibus, Mk. L. 12, 33
cycel
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A small cake Cicel bucellam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 31 :11, 73. Cyclum tortellis, Hpt. Gl. 497, 16: An. Ox. 3859. Ciclum, 2, 262: 7, 288: 8, 212. Cicelum tortis, 17, 40
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cyfel
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A tub vi. bidenfate and .ii. cuflas and þrý trogas, C. D. B. iii. 367, 39. Man sceal habban cyflas, Angl. ix. 264, 11
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cyne-mann
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A royal person, a king Gelíc geworden wæs ríc heofnæ cynemenn (cyninge, R. homini regi ), Mt. L. 22, 2
crismal
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A chrisum-cloth Mid þám crismale þe man him on utan þæt heáfod déð, man tácnað þæne cristenan cynehelm þe hé on heofenum áh, Wlfst. 36, 17
crístel-mǽl
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a cross On wearddúne þǽr þæt crístelmǽl stód, Cht. E. 294, 21. Tó þám cýrstelmǽle ; of þám cýrstelmǽle, Cht. Crw. 25, 24. Tó ðám langan cýrstelmǽle, C. D. v. 297, 15: 298, 9. the sign of the cross Wyrce mon crýstel*-*mǽl on his heáfde foran mid his
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crístelmǽl-beám
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A tree on which a cross is fixed(?) On crístelmǽlbeám ( in a list of boundaries ), C. D. v. 389, 13
crístnere
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A catechist Seó tíd sancte Petres þæs crístneres, Shrn. 89, 6
croc
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Substitute: <b>crocc,</b> e; f. A pot Man sceal habban . . . pannan, crocca, Angl. ix. 264, 10
crocc-hwer
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An earthen pot Crocchweras (croccan, hweras?; cf. citiles . crocc . hweres, Hpt. Gl. 514, 35) cacabos, An. Ox. 4672
cróg-cynn
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Collatum, i. vas in quo deportatur vinum, vel crógcyn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 51
crúc
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A cross Nime hé his ( of petroleum ) dǽl and wyrce Crístes mǽl on ǽlcum lime, bútan crúc on þám heáfde foran sé sceal on balzame beón, Lch. ii. 288, 22. Hine ymbwrít mid sweorde on .iiii. healfa on crúce, 346, 27
crypel
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a narrow passage, burrow, drain Crypeles (crepeles cuniculi, i. latrinae, Hpt. Gl. 484, 21) cuniculi, An. Ox. 3320. Crypelas, 2, 191. Crypel (crepel, in margin, crypell altered to crypele cuniculum, foveam, domunculum, Hpt. Gl. 473, 34) cuniculum, 2856
cú-býre
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A cow-byre, cow-shed Land æt cúbýrum . . . Oxena gehæg . . . cúbýra[s?], C. D. iv. 77, 26, 29
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cyne-riht
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A royal right, right belonging to the crown Myrce gecuran Eádgár tó cynge, and him anweald gesealden ealra cyne*-*rihta, Cht. E. 202, 18
cyning-ríce
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A kingdom For ælre ðére kynga sáwle ðe æfter mé ðyses kynyngríches wældeð, C. D. iv. 229, 26. [v. N. E. D. king-rick. O. H. Ger. chuning-ríchi sceptrum, res publica: Icel. konung*-*ríki.] Cf. cyne-ríce
coren-beág
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A crown Be þǽm þyrnenan corenbége ofer Crístes hǽfde on róde, Angl. xi. 172, 32