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cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
cearig, ceareg, ceari; adj. [cearu = care, sorrow]

Careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, CHARY, anxious, grieving, dire ⬩ sollicitus, cautus, querens, mente turbatus, dirus

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Ne þurfon wyt beón cearie æt cyme Dryhtnes we need not be anxious at the Lord's coming, Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 29; Seel. 162

Linked entries: carig ceareg ceari

cear-siþ

(n.)
Grammar
cear-siþ, es; m. [síþ fortune, fate]

A sorrowful fate, sad fortune ⬩ curæ sors, fortuna tristis

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A sorrowful fate, sad fortune; curæ sors, fortuna tristis Cealdum cearsíþum with cold sad fortunes, Beo. Th. 4783; B. 2396

cear-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
cear-wylm, -welm, -wælm, es; m. [wylm heat of mind, emotion]

agitation ⬩ sollicita perturbatio, agitatio

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Kmbl. 2513; El. 1258. Æfter cear-wælmum after anxious emotions, Beo. Th. 4138; B. 2066

CEÁS

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁS, e; f: es; n.

A quarrel, strife ⬩ lis

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A quarrel, strife; lis Gif man mannan wǽpnum bebyreþ ðǽr ceás weorþ if a man supply another with weapons where there is strife, L. Ethb. 18; Th. i. 6, 19. On ceáse in strife, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17.

Linked entries: or-ceás cǽs

ceásnes

(n.)
Grammar
ceásnes, -ness, e; f.

Election, choice ⬩ electio

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Election, choice; electio, Som. Ben: Lye

Linked entry: císnes

ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster, cæster, cester; ceastre; ceastre, ceaster, ceastra; f. The names of places ending in caster and -chester were probably sites of a castrum

a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas

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On ðære heán ceastre in the high city, Bt. 39, 5; Fox. 218, 18. Ðá cómon ða weardas on ða ceastre then the keepers came into the city, Mt. Bos. 28, 11. Ðú in ða ceastre gong go thou into the city, Andr. Kmbl. 1878; An. 941.

ceaster-æsc

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-æsc, es; m.

Black hellebore ⬩ helleborus niger

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Black hellebore; helleborus niger Wyrc gódne drenc ceasteræsces make a good drink of black hellebore, L. M. 3, 30;Lchdm. ii. 324, 20; Nim ceasteræsc take black hellebore, Lchdm. iii. 28, 20: 30, 14: 56, 15

Linked entry: æsc

ceaster-búend

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-búend, es; m.

City-dweller ⬩ urbem habitans

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City-dweller; urbem habitans He áteáh ceasterbúendum he came to the city-dwellers, Beo. Th. 1540; B. 768

ceaster-hlid

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-hlid, es; n. [hlid a cover; tegmen]

Cover of a city, gate ⬩ urbis tegmen, porta

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Cover of a city, gate; urbis tegmen, porta Ðæt ǽnig meahte ðæs ceasterhlides clustor unlúcan that any one might unlock the inclosure of the city-gate, Exon. 12a; Th. 20, 7; Cri. 314

ceaster-hof

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-hof, es; n. [hof a house, dwelling]

A city-dwelling ⬩ urbis ædes

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A city-dwelling; urbis ædes Storm upp arás æfter ceasterhofum a storm arose along the city-dwellings, Andr. Kmbl. 2475; An. 1239

Ceaster-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Ceaster-scír, e; f. [ceaster III. Chester, scír a shire]

Cheshire ⬩ ager Cestrensis

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Cheshire; ager Cestrensis Rodbeard wæs gecoren to bisceope to Ceasterscíre Robert was chosen bishop of Cheshire, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 21

ceaster-waru

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-waru, e; f.

Townsmen as a body, the citizens or city ⬩ cives, civitas

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Townsmen as a body, the citizens or city; cives, civitas Ðá eóde eall seó ceaster-warú then the whole city [citizens as a body] came out, Mt. Bos. 8, 34

Linked entry: ceaster-gewaru

ceastra

(n.)
Grammar
ceastra, cities,
  • Mt. Bos. 9, 35
; of ceaster.

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ceat

(n.)

a thing

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a thing; res. Cot. 100 Ceatta cheats; circumventiones, Som. Ben. Lye

cedelc

(n.)
Grammar
cedelc, e; f.

The herb mercury ⬩ mercurialis perennis, Lin

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Recd. 41, 44. Herba mercurialis, ðæt is, cedelc the herb mercurialis, that is, mercury, Herb. cont. 84; Lchdm. i. 34, 3.

ceder-beám

(n.)
Grammar
ceder-beám, cæder-beám, es; m.

A cedar-tree ⬩ cedrus = κέδρος

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A cedar-tree; cedrus = κέδρος Cederbeám cedrus, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 41; Wrt. Voc. 33. 38: 80, 17. Libanes cederbeámas ða ðú gesettest cedri Libani quas plantasti, Ps. Th. 103, 16.

Linked entry: cæder-beám

cégan

(v.)
Grammar
cégan, cégean

to call, call upon, invoke

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to call, call upon, invoke. Ps. Spl. 137, 4: Ps. Lamb. 74, 2: Chr. 974; Th. 224, 27, col. 2, 3; Edg. 7

cel

(n.)
Grammar
cel, celas

a basket

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a basket, Mt. Lind. Stv. 15, 37

célan

(v.)
Grammar
célan, de;ed; v. intrans.

To be or become cold ⬩ algere, refrigerari

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To be or become cold; algere, refrigerari Célan is of untrumnysse ðæs gecynnes algere ex infirmitate naturæ est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 15

Linked entries: a-célan ge-célan

celendre

(n.)
Grammar
celendre, cellendre, an; f: celender, cellender, es; n.

The herb coriander ⬩ coriandrum = κορίαννον , coriandrum sativum, Lin

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Genim celendran seáw grénre take juice of green coriander, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 42, 4: 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 72, 12: 3, 3; Lchdm. ii. 310, 5. Nim cellendran take coriander, 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 6, 7: 2, 39; Lchdm. ii. 248, 3.