pílere
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One who pounds in a mortar Pílere pilurius, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 52. v. next word
píl-stocc
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A pestle; pila, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 6
pín-beám
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A pine-tree Se hálga wolde áheáwan ǽnne pín-beám, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 24
pínere
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One who torments Hláferd his gesalde hine ðǽm pínerum ( tortoribus ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 34: Germ. 399, 265
pínung-tól
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An instrument of torture Decius hét gearcian eall ðæt pínungtól, Homl. Th. i. 428, 18. Mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod, 424, 22
pise-cynn
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A kind of pea Sum pysecynn hátte lenticulas, Lchdm. ii.190,16
pistol-rǽdere
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He who reads the epistle in church, R. Conc. 5
Linked entry: under-diácon
plaster
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A plaster Tó plastre gewyrc, Lchdm. i. 272, 23 : 304, 20. Hwí ne bidst ðú ðé beþunga and plaster lífes lǽcedómes æt lífes freán cur tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelae? Dóm. L. 6, 80
Linked entry: blaster
plegere
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A player, athlete, wrestler Nacod plegere gimnosophista (the glosser seems to have misunderstood the word, which is rendered by heáhláreów, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40-40, and by weoroldsnottor, 81, 52), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 10
Linked entry: pleg-mann
pleg-hús
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A play-house, theatre Ðæs heofenlícan pleghúses coelestis theatri, Hpt. Gl. 447, 62
pleg-mann
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A player, athlete, wrestler Plegmanna gymnicorum, Hpt. Gl. 407, 39. Þurh plegemen ł gligmen ł gleáwe per gymnosophistas, 406, 72. Swilce wittige ł gleáwe leorneras ł plegmen velut sagaces gymnosophistas, 404, 78. Plegmen gimnosophistas, ðǽm wærstlícum
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pleg-scild
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A small shield Plegscylde pelta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 69. [Cf. lytel scyld pelta, ða læssan scyldas peltae, i. 35, 28, 59.] Truman pleigscelde tuta pelta, Hpt. Gl. 424, 38
pleg-scip
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A small ship, a yacht (?); parunculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 35, v. next word
plóg
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A plough ; with this meaning the word occurs in Icel. and O. H. Ger., but in A. S. it seems to mean land, a plough of land (cf. Cath. Angl. p. 284 a ploghe of land carrucata. In the Tale of Gamelyn, the knight, bequeathing his estate says :-- ' Johan
pollup
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A scourge (?) Mistlíce þreála gebyriaþ for synnum, bendas oððe dyntas oððe pollupas oððe carcernþýstra, lobban oððe bælcan, L. Pen. 3, note; Th. ii. 278, 26
por-leác
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A leek Porleác porrus, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 2. Wé hæfdon cucumeres and pepones and porleác in mentem nobis veniunt cucumeres et pepones porrique, Num. 11, 5. v. next word
Port
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The name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently an inference from a place-name Hér cuom Port on Bretene ... on ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Portesmúþa, Chr. 501 ; Erl. 14, 12
port-geriht
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A town-due, due paid by a town Ðæs túnes cýping and seó innung ðara portgerihta uillae mercimonium censusque omnis civilis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 138, 10
portic
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a porch, covered entrance, portico Portic porticus, Ælfc. Gr. 11 ; Som. 15, 22 : Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 2. Se mere hæfþ fíf porticas. On ðám porticon læg mycel menigeo geádludra, Jn. Skt. 5, 2-3. an enclosed place, a place roofed in Sinewealt cleofa vel portic
postol
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An apostle Ðara postolra apostolorum, Lk. Skt. p. 2, 2. Ða ðe cwédun ðás tó ðǽm postolum quae dicebant apostolas haec, Rush. 24, 10