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nyt

(n.)
Grammar
nyt, nytt, e; f.

use ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ office ⬩ duty

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use, advantage, profit Nyt commodum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 63. Hundteóntig hí him sylfum tó nytte dydon centum in suos usus habebant, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 3 : Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 6. Niþum tó nytte, Exon. Th. 409, 10; Rä. 27, 27.

Linked entries: notu un-nyt

nyttian

(v.)
Grammar
nyttian, p. ode; with gen.

To make use of ⬩ enjoy

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Nyttade Noe sídan ríces, Cd. Th. 96, 21; Gen. 1598. Ðises ðú nytta ge on ǽfenne ge on underne, Lchdm. ii. 184, 25 : 28, 16 : 32, 25. Nyttigen baþes, 240, 24. Gehwæðeres ( both methods of cure ) sceal mon nyttian, 22, 7

or-weorð

(n.)
Grammar
or-weorð, -wurð, es; n.
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Ignominy, shame Gefyl ansýne heora of orwurðe ( ignominia ), Ps. Spl. C. 82, 15

óþ-spurnan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-spurnan, -spornan
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to strike against, stumble Hió óþsper[n]þ impingetur, Kent. Gl. 769. Ðé læs ðín fót óþsporne, Blickl. Homl. 27, 14. Næs gecweden ðæt his fót æt stáne óþspurne, 29, 3— Cf. æt-spurnan

páp-seld

(n.)
Grammar
páp-seld, es; n.
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The papal see Hé hié lǽrede ðæt hié raðost tó Róme sendon tó ðæm pápan, and ðone pápan and ðæt pápseld ðæt hié beáhsodan hwæt him ðæs tó rǽde þúhte, Blickl. Homl. 205, 20

pening-weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
pening-weorþ, -wurþ, es; n.
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A penny-worth Hafa án penigweorþ swefles, Lchdm. iii. 38, 28. Æt ǽlcon gegyldan ǽnne peningc oððe án peningcwurþ weaxes, Chart. Th. 605, 26. Twá hund peningweorþ hláfes, Homl. Th. i. 182, 9

pere-wós

(n.)
Grammar
pere-wós, es; n.
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Perry, a drink made from pears Perewós sapa, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 50

Linked entry: wós

pín-treów

(n.)
Grammar
pín-treów, es; n.
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A pine-tree Píntreów pinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32. 54 : 79,80 : 285, 60. Þúfbǽres píntreówes frondentis pini, Hpt. Gl. 458, 68 : Lchdm. ii. 216, 5. Ðæt man píntreów bærne tó glédum and ðonne ða gléda sette tóforan ðam seócum men, 284, 12

pipor

(n.)
Grammar
pipor, es; m.
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Ðone pipor mon swá nimeþ, Nar, 34, 21-23. Genim langes pipores .x. corn, Lchdm. ii. 186, 8. Of blacum pipore, 234, 2. Genim gebeátenne pipor, 186, 4

pise

(n.)
Grammar
pise, an; f.
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Nim ðæt wæter ðe pyosan wǽran on gesodene, 286, 29. Ðonne sceal man ða langnysse ( of the root ) tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse, i. 260, 15. On pysena wóse, 260, 25. Pysena seáw, ii. 220, 10. Pysena broþ, 278, 18.

Linked entry: pyse

plúm-seáw

(n.)
Grammar
plúm-seáw, es ; n.
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Plum-juice Nim plúmséwes ánes scyllinges gewyht, Lchdm. iii. 114, 21

plúm-treów

(n.)
Grammar
plúm-treów, es ; n.
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Nim plúmtreówes leáf, Lchdm. ii. 310, 19

porr

(n.)
Grammar
porr, es; n. (?)
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Nim merwes porres leáf, Lchdm. ii. 84, 31. Heáfdehtes porres, 230, 10. Dó sealt and merce tó, and porr, 284, 2. Por, 186, 19 : 278, 19

port-geat

(n.)
Grammar
port-geat, es; n.
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The gate of a town Portgeat porta, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 37 : 84, 38. Fare ðæt wíf tó ðam portgate perget mulier ad portam civitatis, Deut. 25, 7, Ðá dá hé geneálǽhte ðam portgeate (cf. ðære ceastre gate, Lk. Skt. 7, 12), Homl. Th. i. 490, 30. Ðæt portgeat

preóst-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-lagu, e ; f.
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N. P. L. 2 ; Th. ii. 290, 1-16

prím

(n.)
Grammar
prím, prime, the first hour, six o'clock; also the service held at that hour, v. prím-sang
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On ðysum tídum wé herien úrne scyppend ... on dægréd, on prím, on undem, on middæg, on nón, on ǽfen, on nihtsange, R. Ben. 40, 13. Ic sang prím and seofon seolmas, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 27. [Icel. prími; m. : prima; f. : prím; n.]

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

pund

(n.)
Grammar
pund, es; n.
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Maria nam án pund ( libram ) deórwyrðre sealfe, Jn. Skt. 12, 3. Ðæt ísen ðe biþ tó þrímfealdum ordále, ðæt wege .iii. pund, and tó ánfaldum án pund, L. Edg.

Linked entries: mund-bryce borh-leás

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

rád-hors

(n.)
Grammar
rád-hors, es; n.
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A horse for riding, a saddle-horse Man sceal Jǽtan hine rídan on ðæs cyninges rádhorse, Anglia ix. 35, 235

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