comp-wíg
A battle ⬩ pugna
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A battle; pugna Compwíge in battle Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 18; Jud. 333
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COPS
A rope ⬩ cord ⬩ fetter ⬩ funis ⬩ anquina ⬩ compes
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A rope, cord, fetter; funis, anquina, compes Cops anquina [anguina, MS.] Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 78, 10; Wrt. Voc. 56, 56. Hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde sleán on ða raccentan and on cospas they said that she should throw them into chains and fetters Bt. 38, 1
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Corfes geat
Corfgate ⬩ Purbeck ⬩ Dorsetshire
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Corfgate, Purbeck, Dorsetshire Hér wæs Eádweard cyning ofslægen æt Corfes geate[Corfgeate, Th. 233, 2, col. 2] in this year [A. D. 979] king Edward was slain at Corfgate Chr. 979; Th. 232, 3, col. 2
costere
A tempter ⬩ tentator
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A tempter; tentator Manna cynnes [MS. manna kynnes] costere hafaþ acenned on ðé ða unablinnu ðæs yfelan geþohtes the tempt?? of mankind [lit. of the race of men] hath begotten in thee the unrest of this evil thought Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 46, 9. Se costere
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CRÆFT
power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque
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power, might, strength as of body or externals; vis, robur, potentia On ðam gefeohte Mǽða cræft gefeól in that battle the power of the Medes fell Ors. l, 12; Bos. 35, 43. He cwæþ ðæt ðín abal and cræft mára wurde he said that thy strength and power would
CRÆT
A chariot ⬩ CART ⬩ currus ⬩ pilentum
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A chariot, CART; currus, pilentum Cræt currus Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 91;Wrt. Voc. 34, 22: 85, 71. Betogen [MS. betogan] caæt capsus 49; Som. 65, 93; Wrt. Voc. 34, 23. Wǽrun Godes cræta gegearwedra tyn þúsendo currus Dei decem millibus Ps. Th. 67, 17.
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cræte-hors
A cart-horse ⬩ veredus
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A cart-horse; veredus Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 17; Wrt. Voc. 17, 21
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cræt-wǽn
A chariot ⬩ wain ⬩ currus
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A chariot, wain; currus Crætwǽn mid seolfre gegyred a chariot mounted with silver Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 14. Mid crætwǽne with a chariot 2, 4; Bos. 43, 6. Sceoldon senátas rídan on crætwǽnum the senators must ride in chariots 2, 4; Bos. 43, 9
CRAN
A CRANE ⬩ grus
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A CRANE; grus Cran grus Ælfc. Gr. 9, 33; Som. 12, 20; Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 34; Wrt. Voc. 29, 53; 62, 20; 77, 16; 280, 25
Cridian tún
- Flor.
CREDITON ⬩ Devonshire ⬩ oppidi nomen in agro Devoniensi
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CREDITON, Devonshire, formerly the seat of the bishops of Devonshire, so called because it is situated on the banks of the river Creedy; oppidi nomen in agro Devoniensi Hér æt Kyrtlingtúne forþférde Sideman bisceop, on hrædlícan deáþe: se wæs Defnascíre
Crecgan ford
- Hunt.
CRAYFORD, Kent ⬩ loci nomen in agro Cantiano
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CRAYFORD, Kent; loci nomen in agro Cantiano Hér Hengest and Æsc fuhton wið Brettas in ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Crecgan ford in this year [A. D. 457] Hengest and Æsc fought against the Britons at the place which is called Crayford, Chr. 457; Erl. 12,
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crano-hawc
A crane-hawk ⬩ accipiter, qui gruem mordet
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A crane-hawk; accipiter, qui gruem mordet Spelm. Gl. Ben. Lye
CROP
a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster ⬩ cyma ⬩ thyrsus ⬩ spica, corymbus ⬩ racermus, uva ⬩ the CROP or craw of a bird ⬩ vesicula gutturis ⬩ a kidney ⬩ rien
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a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster; cyma= κῦμα thyrsus = θύρσος spica, corymbus = κόρυμβος racermus, uva Crop cyma Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 18; Wrt. Voc. 39, 4. Crop tarsus, cimia [= thyrsus,
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cristen
A christian ⬩ christianus
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A christian; christianus He wæs cristen he was a christian Bt. 1; Fox 2, 7; Chr. 167; Erl. 8, 16; Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 4. He hét ealle ða cristenan he ordered all the Christians Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 127, 10
crog
A small vessel ⬩ chrismatory ⬩ bottle ⬩ legythum ⬩ lenticula ⬩ lagena
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A small vessel, chrismatory, bottle; legythum, lenticula, lagena Crog oððe ampella lenticula Cot. 124
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croc-sceard
A shred or fragment of a crock or pot ⬩ a potSHERD ⬩ testa, testu
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A shred or fragment of a crock or pot, a potSHERD; testa, testu Adruwode oððe forseárode swá swá blýwnys oððe crocsceard mægen mín aruit tamquam testa virtus mea Ps. Lamb. 21, 16. Mid ánum crocscearde with a potsherd Job Thw. 166, 34; Homl. Th. ii. 452
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croh
Saffron ⬩ crocus ⬩ crocus sativus, Lin
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Saffron; crocus = κροκόσ, crocus sativus, Lin Meng mid [MS. wið] croh mingle it with saffron L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 244, 23; Herb. 118, 2; Lchdm. i. 232, 7; Med. ex Quadr. 5, 4; Lchdm. i. 348, 14
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cruft
A vault ⬩ crypt ⬩ hollow place under the ground ⬩ crypta
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A vault, crypt, hollow place under the ground; crypta Cruftan, cruftes cryptæ Mone B. 2017 Crufte crypta 4931. Cruftan crypta 3298
Crúland
- Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
CROWLAND or CROYLAND ⬩ Lincolnshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi
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CROWLAND or CROYLAND, Lincolnshire; loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi St. Guthlac, hermit of Crowland, passed a great part of his life and died here in A. D. 714. After his death, king Æthelbald of Mercia founded a monastery at Crowland in A. D. 716 Ðæt
cucler-mǽl
A spoon measure ⬩ cochlearis mensura
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A spoon measure; cochlearis mensura Án cuclermǽl one spoon measure L. M. 2, 7; Lchdm. ii. 186, 10. Tú cuclemiǽl two spoon measures 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 28, 3
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