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por-leác

(n.)
Grammar
por-leác, es; n.
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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

ge-pós

(n.)
Grammar
ge-pós, es; n.

The POSE, a cold in the head, catarrh ⬩ grăvēdo

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The POSE, a cold in the head, catarrh; grăvēdo Wið gepósu for colds in the head, Herb. 46, 1; Lchdm. i. 148, 12. Wið gepósum for poses, L. M. 1, 10; Lchdm. ii. 54, 17

wíþig-pól

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-pól, es; m.

A pool with willows on the banks

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A pool with willows on the banks On wíðepól, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 188, 30

ge-pós

Grammar
ge-pós, l. ge-pos,
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and add Swá byð se ealda man ceald and snoflig; flegmata ꝥ byð hráca oððe geposu, deriað þám ealdan, Angl. viii. 299, 36

hwirf-pól

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Dele, and see hwirfe-pól

pól-bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
pól-bǽr, e; f.
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Pasture-land by a pool On monnes pólbǽre, C. D. iii. 415, 5

pos-hlíwe

(n.)
Grammar
pos-hlíwe, an; f.
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Some kind of shelter (?) Tó poshlíwan; of poshlíwan, C. D. iii. 82, 2. Cf. (?) Tó posses hlǽwe; of ðǽm hlǽwe, 415, 30

fisc-lacu

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-lacu, e; f.

A fish-pond

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A fish-pond Andlang móres on fisclace, C. D. B. ii. 374, 16

Linked entry: lacu

fisc-lacu

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For '-pond' read '-stream'

fisc-mere

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-mere, es; m.

A fish-pond ⬩ piscīna ⬩ vīvārium

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A fish-pond; piscīna, vīvārium, Som. Ben. Lye

DUCE

(n.)
Grammar
DUCE, an; f.

DUCK ⬩ anas

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A DUCK; anas On ducan seáþe, of ducan seáþe to the duck's pond, from the duck's pond, Cod. Dipl. 538; A. D. 967; Kmbl. iii. 18, 16, 17: Apndx. 308; A. D. 875; Kmbl. iii. 399, 18

stæg

(n.)
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a pond Staeg vel meri stagnum, Txts. 98, 962. [From stagnum.]

mere-steall

(n.)
Grammar
mere-steall, es; m.
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A pool of stagnant water, pond Of þǽre oferfylle cumað þá unrihtan lustas, gelíce and on meresteallum wyrmas týddrað, Verc. Först. 169

fisc-wille

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-wille, an ; f.

A fish-pond

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A fish-pond Fiscwelle bifarius (=vivarius) vel piscina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 15: bisarius (1. bifarius), i. 66, 8

lacu

(n.)
Grammar
lacu, e; f.

A pool ⬩ pond ⬩ lake

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A pool, pond, piece of water, lake Óþ ðæt seó lacu út scýt—cðæt norþ andlang lace to the point where the water runs out of the lake ... then along the lake, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 26. Ðonne of exa[n] on ða smala[n] lace of ðære lace eft on exan then

Linked entry: fisc-lacu

sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, eses; n.: solu, we, e; f.

Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum

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Mire or a miry place [Halliwell gives soul, sole = a dirty pond, as a Kentish word] Sol volutabrum Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 22. On grǽgsole burnan; andlang burnan on grǽgsole hagan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 336, 24. Wið Heortsolwe iii. 391, 32. Of ðam wylle on ðæt

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

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