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pic

(n.)
Grammar
pic, es ; n.
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Pitch Ðis pic haec pix, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 63; Som. 13, 54 : Wrt. Voc. ií. 117, 39. Hlúttor pic resin, Lchdm. ii. 44, 24 : 72, 25. Genim pices lytel, 96,12. Weallendes pices, 252, 1 : Dóm. L. 14, 199. Heó smirode hine mid tyrwan and mid pice, Ex. 2, 3. Ðá

píc

(n.)
Grammar
píc, es; m.
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A point, pointed instrument, pike Piic acisculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 39. Píc, 4, 23 : i. 17, 31

Linked entry: pícung

pile

(n.)
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a pillow

pís

(adj.)
Grammar
pís, adj.
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Heavy, weighty Byrðenna hefiga ł písa onera gravia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 4

Linked entry: písian

plóg

(n.)
Grammar
plóg, es ; m.
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A plough ; with this meaning the word occurs in Icel. and O. H. Ger., but in A. S. it seems to mean land, a plough of land (cf. Cath. Angl. p. 284 a ploghe of land carrucata. In the Tale of Gamelyn, the knight, bequeathing his estate says :-- ' Johan

posa

Similar entry: pusa

posel

(n.)
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a small lump, a pill Gǽten smeoro geþýd tó poslum swelge let him swallow goat's grease squeezed to pills, Lchdm. i. 354, 9. v. next word

pur

(n.)
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a bittern(?) Hæferblǽte vel pur bicoca, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 42. Ráradumbla, ðæt is pur onocrotalus, 62, 21

pǽl

(n.)
Grammar
pǽl, es; m.
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A javelin Pǽlas pila, An. Ox. 19, 3. [From Latin palus?]. Cf. pál

péo

Similar entry: píe

píe

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Hundes peó (beó, MS.) cinomia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 73. Handes pé, Ps. Vos. 104, 31. Add

pull

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v. mǽr-, mylen-pull. Add

pyf

(n.)
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a blast of wind:Bt. 20; F. 72, 5.(?) — Windes ðyf (pyf?)

pylu

Similar entry: pyle

pull-spere

(n.)
Grammar
pull-spere, es ; n.
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A pool-spear, a reed (such as grows by pools, cf. hreód-pól under pól) Pulsper harundinem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 7

hæcewol

Grammar
hæcewol, l. cæce-pol
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a catch-pole, tax-gatherer Kæcepol (printed . æcewol, but see Angl. viii. 449) exactor, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 44

port-weg

(n.)
Grammar
port-weg, es; m.
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D. port-way.] Cf. port-herpaþ, -strǽt

port-mann

(n.)
Grammar
port-mann, es; m.
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Se port-geréfa and ða yldostan portmenn ( of Ephesus ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 749

port-strǽt

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Add: Cf. port-herpaþ, -weg

port-geráfa

(n.)
Grammar
port-geráfa, an ; m.
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A port-reeve (v. port, II) Portgeréfa oððe burhwita municeps, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 41. Ðes portgeréfa hic prefectus urbis, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 16, 56. Man cýððe ðam portgeréfan ( the case is one of buying in the market at Ephesus ), Homl.