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crísten-mann

(n.)
Grammar
crísten-mann, es; m.
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A Christian Hé gerǽsde on þá fǽmnan in crístenmonna (crístenra monna, v. l. ) midle, Mart. H. 170, 25

crop-leác

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Crop*-*léc cipus, ii. 131, 48. Add

cruce

Grammar
cruce, l. crúce, and
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Crúcae, crúce trulla, Txts. 100, 989. Crúcena urceorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 35. Add

cól

(n.)
Grammar
cól, coal. l. col,
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and add Coll carbo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 35, 2. Þæt fýr wearð ácwenced ꝥ þǽr án col ne gleów, Hml. S. 7, 240

collon-cróh

Grammar
collon-cróh, -cróg. l. -croh, -crog, for Cot. 140 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 41,
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Voc. i. 67, 35: nimphea, Lch. iii. 304, col. 1

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

cýþing

(n.)
Grammar
cýþing, e; f.
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A mating known, telling, narration Þá word mínre kýðinge (segene, v. l.) narrationis meae verba, Gr. D. 86, 14

cyt-wér

Grammar
cyt-wér, l. cyt-wer, and add: v. Seebohm Vill. Comm. p. 152,
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and N. E. D. kit

dǽd-lata

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-lata, an; m.
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One slow to act, a sluggard Oft daedlata dómę foręldit sigisítha gahuém, Txts. 152, 8

Linked entry: lata

dæg-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-cúþ, adj.
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L. 40

dæg-hwam

Grammar
dæg-hwam, l. -hwám,
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L. 26, 55

dæg-hwámlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dæg-hwámlíce, every day.
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Dæghwámlíce (-hwom-, v. l. ) ðæs mónan leóht byð weaxende, Lch. iii. 242, 6. Ǽne ðrowade Críst ðurh hine sylfne, ac dæghwomlíce bið his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu þæs húsles, Hml. Th. ii. 276, 10. Dæghwonlíce, i. 44, 20: 46, 18.

Linked entry: -hwámlíce

dæg-lang

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Day-long. Add:

dæg-mǽl

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., swá swá þá geleáfullan rǽderas hit gesetton, and eác gewisse dægmǽl (-mælas, v. l. ) ús swá tǽcað, Lch. iii. 256, 22. . Add:

deád

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Ðeáh þá yflan nǽfre ne wurden deáde, Bt. 38, 2; F. 198, 13. of flesh, dead, without sensation Gif ꝥ líc tó þon swíþe ádeádige ꝥ þǽr nán gefélnes on ne sié, þonne scealt þú sóna eal ꝥ deáde of ásníþan oþ ꝥ cwice líc, ꝥ þǽr náwiht þæs deádan líces tó láfe

deád-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
deád-wille, adj.
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Unproductive, barren Ðá beorgas tódǽlað ꝥ wæsmbǽre land and þæt deádwylle sand mons dividit inter vivam terram et arenas, Ors. 1, 1; S. 26, 19. Cf. cwic-wille

deág

(n.)
Grammar
deág, deáh, e; f.
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Ne cíden nó þá munecas ymb þá deáge (dége, v. l.) (de colore ) hyra reáfa, R. Ben. 89, 15. Deáhum sucis, An. Ox. 5218

dearf

(adj.)
Grammar
dearf, [ = W. S. deorf]
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Bold Dearfe ł dyrstige audaci, Mt. p. 9, 3

dearf-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
dearf-scipe, es; m.
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Dearfscipe ł bældo temeritate, 9, 4

Linked entry: dearr-scipe

deáþ-beácnigende

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-beácnigende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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L. p. 23, 56), Wlfst. 137, 13: Dóm. L. 112

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