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candel-snytels

(n.)
Grammar
candel-snytels, es; m?

Candle-snuffers ⬩ emunctorium

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Candle-snuffers; emunctorium Candel-snytels emunctorium, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 56

candel-treów

(n.)
Grammar
candel-treów, es; n.

A candlestick with branches, a candlestick ⬩ candelabrum

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A candlestick with branches, a candlestick; candelabrum Ne menn blǽcern in beornaþ and settaþ hine under mytte, ah on candeltreów neque accendunt lucernam et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 15

candel-weoc

(n.)
Grammar
candel-weoc, e; f.

A wick of a candle, a torch ⬩ funale, funis

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A wick of a candle, a torch; funale, funis Candelweoca funalia vel funes, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 87; Wrt. Voc. 41, 40

Linked entry: weóce

candel-bora

(n.)
Grammar
candel-bora, an; m.

A CANDLE-BEARER, a subdeacon, a clerk ⬩ acolythus

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A CANDLE-BEARER, a subdeacon, a clerk; acolythus = ἀκόλουθος Cot. 203

ge-canc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-canc, es; n. [?]

A mock ⬩ gibe ⬩ ludibrium, vituperium

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A mock, gibe; ludibrium, vituperium, Som : Hpt. Gl. 441, 510

Linked entry: canc

wyn-candel(l)

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-candel(l), e; f.

A lamp that gives delight,

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A lamp that gives delight, an epithet of the sun Wyncondel wera west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 31; Gú. 1186

ge-canc

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For 'Som. ... 510' substitute Gecance ludibrio, i. uituperatione, An. Ox. 1473. Mid gecance gannitura, 4504

hæfern

(n.)
Grammar
hæfern, es; m.

A crab ⬩ cancer

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A crab; cancer, Wrt. Voc. 281, 63. Hæfern concern = cancer [?], 291, 31

Linked entries: hræfn hæbern

CRABBA

(n.)
Grammar
CRABBA, an; m.

A CRAB, crayfish ⬩ cancer ⬩ a sign of the zodiac ⬩ cancer ⬩ signum zodiaci ⬩ cancer

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Th. 24, 11. a sign of the zodiac, cancer; signum zodiaci, cancer . Feórþa ðæra tácna ys geháten cancer, ðæt is crabba the fourth of the signs is called cancer, that is, a crab Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 5; Lchdm. iii. 244, 25

crabba

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Voc. ii. 61, 48: cancer, 128, 7. Add

stealla

(n.)
Grammar
stealla, an; m.
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Stalla cancer (carcer? cf. steall, III), Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 30

Linked entry: stalla

hæfern-bite

(n.)
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a crab's claw Cancer crabba, forceps hæfer[n]bite. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 7

Linked entries: bite hæfer-blíte

cune-glæsse

(n.)
Grammar
cune-glæsse, an; f. cynoglossos = κυνόγλωσσον , cynoglossum officinale, Lin

The herb hound's or dog's tongue;

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The herb hound's or dog's tongue; Wið cancerádle, cune-glæsse nioðoweard for cancer, the netherward part of hound's tongue, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 110, 1

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, es; m.

A BITE, pain, the biting or pain of a wound, a biting disease or cancer ⬩ morsus, cancri morbus vel cancer

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[bítan to bite] A BITE, pain, the biting or pain of a wound, a biting disease or cancer; morsus, cancri morbus vel cancer Hyt ða wédendan bítas gehǽleþ it heals the maddening bites, Med. ex Quadr. 13, 7; Lchdm. i. 370, 14.

CLÆMAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLÆMAN, de; ed

To CLAM, smear, anoint ⬩ linere

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Clæm on ðone cancer smear it on the cancer, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 110, 4: 3, 45; Lchdm. ii. 336, 22. Clæme on ðæt geswel smear it on the swelling, Lchdm. iii. 38, 23

hæfern

(n.)
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Haebrn, hafaern cancer, Txts. 47, 379. Hefern (nefern, MS. ), 108, 1106. Ostre ostrea, muxle geniscula, hæfern cancer, Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 63: ii. 13, 30: 16, 30. Hafern concern (? concha, cf. of muscellan de conca, ii. 75, 71), i. 291, 31.

næs-þyrel

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Ðæt ádl þ e wé hátað Cancer hym wæs on þám nebbe fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hyt cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Næsþeorlu ( nares ) hí habbað and hig ne gestincað, Ps. L. 113, 6. Add

cancettan

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Add: , to chatter, mock, deride Cancet (printed -er) clamet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 14. Cancettende gannature, 40, 51

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode
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To grow long Ðonne se dæg langaþ ðonne gǽþ seó sunne norþweard óþ ðæt heó becymþ tó ðam tácne ðe is geháten Cancer. Lchdm. iii. 250, 9. Se langienda dæg, 252, 6, 9. Eft on langiendum dagum hé ofergǽþ ðone súðran sunnstede, 14

Linked entry: ge-længed

sunn-stede

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-stede, es; m.
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Gǽþ seó sunne norðweard óð ðæt heó becymþ tó ðam tácne ðe is geháten Cancer, ðǽr is se sumerlíca sunnstede . . . seó sunne cymþ eft súð tó ðam winterlícan sunnstede, Lchdm. iii. 250, 10-24. Ða Gréciscan onginnaþ hyra geár æt ðam sunnstede, 246, 19.