prætt
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Craft, art, wile, trick Præt, prætt astu, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 257, 8. Wó dómas and prættas, Anglia viii. 336, 40 : Wulfst. 245, 2. Prættum artibus, Hpt. Gl. 459, 23. Ongeán þúsendfealde derigende prattas contra mille nocendi artes, 424, 46
práfost
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an officer Geréfa oððe práfost prepositus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 67. Valerianus Decies práfest ðæs cáseres Valerian, officer of the emperor Decius, Shrn. 117, 12. Valerianus se práuost, 117, 16. Pharaones þénas swungon ða ðe bewiston Israéla folces ... Ðá
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práfost-folgoþ
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The office of provost Gif se práfast þurh þreále nele gerihtan, hé sý áworpen of ðam práfastfolgoþe ( de ordine prepositure ), R. Ben. 126, 5
preóst
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A priest Preóst clericus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 24 : 71, 77. Hé wæs tó preóste besceoren fram him attonsus est ab eo, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 21. (v. be-sceran.) Riht is ðæt preóstas regollíce libban, L. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 324, 2. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóstas geóguþe
pricel
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A prickle, sharp point Seó rǽding pingþ ðæne scoliere mid scearpum pricele, Anglia viii. 308, 1. Wið priclom contra stimulos, Lk. Skt. p. 3, 6
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prím-sang
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Prime-song, the service at the first hour Ða seofon tídsangas ... prímsang . . . L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 6: R. Ben. 40, 6. Ǽlce Sunnanniht bútan Lenctene ... dægrédsang, prímsang ... mid alleluian sýn gesungene, 39, 18
púcel
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A goblin, demon Wudewásan faunos, púcelas priapos, Germ. 394. 242
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pudd
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A ditch, furrow Puddas sulcos, Germ. 399, 338 [cf. puddle]
puduc
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A wen Puducas strumas, Germ. 396, 258
pumic
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(?) Pumice Of felle áscafen mid pumice, Lchdm. ii. 100, 15
pundere
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One who weighs From boecerum ł punderum a librariis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 2
pur-lamb
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A pur-lamb (pur-lamb a wether-lamb, West of England, E. D. S. Publ. Old Farming Words, No. 6) Ðæt lamb sceal beón ánwintre purlamb clǽne and unwemme erit agnus absque macula, masculus, anniculus, Ex. 12, 5
pyll
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A pool, pill ('Pill, a small creek, Hereford. The channels through which the drainings of the marshes enter the river are termed pills,' Halliwell. Pill, a pool, a creek, E. D. S. Publ. Cornish Gloss. See also Seebohm's English Village Community, pp.
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rád-cniht
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A title equivalent to that of sixhynde man Si autem talis occiditur qualem supra nominavimus rádcniht, et quidam Angli. vocant sixhændeman, Text. Roff. p. 38. In dome hominis, quem Angli vocant rádcniht, alii veto sexhendeman, Schmid. A. S. Gesetz. 93
rǽd
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counsel, advice Rǽd consilium, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 23. Ðæt hit nǽfre næs náðer ne his gewile, ne his geweald, ne his rǽd, L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 12. Is micel þearf ðisse þeóde helpes and rǽdes, Wulfst. 243, 5 : Elen. Kmbl. 1103; El. 553. Sum woruldwita
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rǽde-here
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A mounted force, cavalry Rǽdehere cerethi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 76 : cerethei, 130, 15. Of rádehere equitatu, Hpt. Gl. 525, 25. Alexandres næs ná má geslægen ðonne hundtwelftig on ðæm rǽdehere in exercitu Alexandri centum et viginti equites defuere, Ors
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rǽdels
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counsel, consideration Seó rédelse and ðæt geþeaht úrra feónda geteorode, Ps. Th. 9, 6. debate, speech in council (v. rǽdan, II b) Rǽdelse concionis, locutionis, Hpt. Gl. 461, 4. conjecture, imagination, interpretation (v. rǽdan, VI a) Rǽswung vel
rǽden-gewrit
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A writing containing a condition or stipulation, a written agreement, a note of hand Ic him sealde úre ágen rǽdengewrit, ðæt wǽre him tó ðam geráde ðæt land tó lǽten, ðe mon ǽlce gére gesylle fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós ðam bisceope, Chart. Th. 168
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rǽde-sceamol
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A reading-bench (?) ; a 'ready,' prepared bench, bench with furniture, a couch, cf. Icel. reiðu-stóll, and see rád On rǽdescamole in pulpito, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 3. Rǽdescamelas fulchra (cf. fulcra eal bedreáf, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 33 : fulcris, thoris, lectis
rǽdes-mann
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a counsellor, adviser, councillor Ealle ðæs cynges rǽdesmen, Chart. Th. 330, 8 : Chr, 1039; Erl. 167, 19. a steward, manager Æt Steorran ðe ðá wæs ðæs kinges rǽdesman, Chart. Th. 339,12