Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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pise

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Mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula, ꝥ syndon pysan, heó onhrán and on hire múð sende þreóra corna gewyrde, Hml. S. 23 b, 715. Add

pocc

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Wiþ pocce on eágum, Lch. ii. 36, 23. Add

pól

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On blacan pól; of ðám poole, C. D. vi. 220, 15. v. mǽr-, teám-, wíþig-pól. Add

pos

(n.)
Grammar
pos, es; n. : only in pl. (?) posu (-a) [cf. ge-pos] : or (?) <b>posa,</b> an; m.
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A cold, catarrh Posa catarrum, i. angustia pectoris, An. Ox, 31, 1

pot

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Dele bracket, andsee N. E. D. pot

princ

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On prince eáges in ictu oculi, Scint. 43, 16. Add

pur

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Add: [v. N. E. D. purre]

dæg-mǽls-pílu

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-mǽls-pílu, [for dæg-mǽles píl],e ; f.

The style of a dial ⬩ horologii gnomon,

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The style of a dial; horologii gnomon, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 59

á-pícan

(v.)
Grammar
á-pícan, (?) to pick out: — Wilt þú út ápytan (-pýcan?) úre eágan an oculos nostros vis eruere?, Num. 16, 14. v. pícan
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in Dict

Linked entry: á-pytan

cól-pyt

Grammar
cól-pyt, l. col-pyt a place where charcoal is made [v. N. E. D. coal-pit]
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and add Forð bæ hæselholtæ on collpytt; of collpyttæ, C. D. iv. 27, 13. On þone ealdan collpytt þǽr þá þreó gemǽru tógædere gáþ, Cht. E. 206, 23

hor-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
hor-pyt, -pytt, es; m.

A dirt-pit, slough [?]

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A dirt-pit, slough [?] Tó ðæm horpytte, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 37, 21 : 162, 9

wæter-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-pyt, wæter-pytt, es; m.

A water-pit, well

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A water-pit, well Of ðam wege on ðone wæterpytt; of ðam pytte on dene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 186, 19. On ðone wæterpyt; of ðam wæterpyt, 359, 15. Heó geseah sumne wæterpytt videns puteum aquae, Gen. 21, 19.

cól-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
cól-pyt, -pet; gen. -pyttes, -pettes; m.

A COAL-PIT ⬩ carbonis fossa

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A COAL-PIT; carbonis fossa Fram Hlypegete to ðam cólpytte: fram cólpette from Lipgate to the coal-pit: from the coal-pit Cod. Dipl. 1322; A. D. 1035; Kmbl. vi. 186, 9

wíþig-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-pyt, wíþig-pytt, es; m.

A pit with willows by it

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A pit with willows by it On wíðigpytt, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 336, 21

gang-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
gang-pyt, -pytt, es; m.

A privy ⬩ latrīna

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A privy; latrīna On ðære nyðemestan fléringe wæs heora gangpyt and heora myxen on the lowermost flooring [of the ark] was their privy and their dunghill, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 7

here-pád

(n.)
Grammar
here-pád, e; f.

A coat of mail

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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 4508; B. 2258

Linked entry: pád

páp-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
páp-dóm, es; m.
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The papacy Gregorius féng tó pápdóme, Chr. 592; Erl. 19, 33

Linked entry: dóm

páp-setl

(n.)
Grammar
páp-setl, es; n.
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The papal throne Hé sæt on ðam pápsetle ændlefen geár, Shrn. 49, 17

pise-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
pise-cynn, es ; n.
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A kind of pea Sum pysecynn hátte lenticulas, Lchdm. ii.190,16

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

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