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Cant-waru

(n.)
Grammar
Cant-waru, e; f.
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The people of Kent Eall Brytene búton Cantware ánre, Chr. 617; P. 24, 28

case-bill

(n.)
Grammar
case-bill, (cáser-?)
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a sceptre? Casebill clauam i. gestam̄ (for ? cáserbill gestamen; gestamen sceptrum, Migne: billus baculus, claua oblonga, ib.: so cáser-bill might be compared with cyne-gird), Germ. 394, 285

ge-canc

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

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

CUNNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUNNAN, ic can, con, ðú canst, const, he can, con, pl. cunnon; p. ic, he cúðe, ðú cúðest, pl. cúðon; subj. cunne, pl. cunnen; p. cúðe, pl. cúðen; pp. [on]-cunnen, cúþ; v. a.

to be or become acquainted with, to know ⬩ noscĕre, scire ⬩ CAN ⬩ scire, posse

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Cann, Ps. Th. 91, 5: 93, 11. Conn, Exon. 43a; Th. 145, 12; Gú. 693. Ge ne cunnon ye know not, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 25; Dan. 141. Ðæt ðú cunne that thow knowest, 228; Th. 308, 34; Sae. 702: Elen. Kmbl. 748 ; El. 374.

Linked entries: can cann cúðe cúðen cúðon con

mis-can

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For Ps. Th. 44, l. 41, and add:

tusc

(n.)
Grammar
tusc, tux, es: a wk. pl. tuxan occurs; m. A canine tooth or
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a molar tooth, a tusk Tusc genuino (-um ), Txts. 67, 961. Tux caninus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 81. Monnes tux bið .xv. sciłł. weorð the compensation to be paid for knocking out a man's canine tooth is xv shillings, L. Alf. pol. 49; Th. i. 94, 12. Cf. L. Ethb

emel

(n.)
Grammar
emel, e; f. A canker-worm, caterpillar, weevel; ērūca, brūchus = βροῦχος
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He sealde emele oððe treówyrme wæstm heora dĕdit ērūcæ f ructus eōrum, s. Spl. C. 77, 51. He sǽde and com gærshoppe and emel ðæs næs ná gerím dixit et vēnit lŏcusta, et brūchus cūjus non ĕrat nŭmĕrus, 104, 32

cínan

(v.)
Grammar
cínan, cán, cinon;cinen

To gape, to break into chinks ⬩ hiare, dehiscere

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To gape, to break into chinks; hiare, dehiscere, Som. Ben. Lye

tó-cínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cínan, p. -cán, pl. -cinon ; pp. -cinen

To break (intrans.) into chinks, ⬩ split ⬩ crack

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To break (intrans.) into chinks, split, crack Tócínit, tecínid dehiscat, Txts. 57, 653. Tócíneþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 27: dehiscit, 27, 15. Gif hit (an egg) ne tócíne, tósleah hwón if it will not crack of itself, crack it slightly with a tap. Lchdm. iii

Cantwara burg

(n.)
Grammar
Cantwara burg, Cantware-burg, Cantwar-burg, -burh; gen. burge; f; Cantwara byrig, e; f. [Cant-wara, gen. pl. of Cant-ware Kentish men, burh a city]
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A city or fortress of the men of Kent; Cantuariorum urbs vel castellum. CANTERBURY; Durovernensis civitas Cantwara burg forbærn ðý geáre Canterbury was burnt in that year, Chr. 754; Th. 80, 35, col. 1. Brǽcon Cantwara burh they took Canterbury by storm

Linked entry: Contwara burg

bune

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Or is bune meant to give an alternative meaning for canna, cf. crater vel canna canne, i. 24, 38?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 3. a cup Bunan carcesia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 54: 14, 15.

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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where the word points to what has been already described, such, used substantively, that which has been already described, the like, the same Ne biþ swylc ( the practice already described ) cwénlíc þeáw, Beo. Th. 3885; B. 1940. Ne biþ swylc earges síð

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

ǽfen-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-geweorc, es; n.

Evening-work

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Evening-work Sele bollan fulne tó gedrin-canne æfter ǽfengeweorce, Lch. ii. 190, 3

wíf-gemána

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-gemána, an; m.

Mulieris consortium

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Mulieris consortium Wífgemánan to áwec*-*canne . . . ðæt áwecceþ wífgemánan lust, Lchdm. i. 336, 15 — 17

wertacen

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Ióhannis sóðum wordum wíslíce and wærlíce swá se wertacen (a later rendering of the passage has swa se wyrhte cann, 476, 66, as if the word = werhta cann), Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 75

cænnan

(v.)
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to clear, prove; manifestare Mynstres aldor hine cænne in preóstes canne let the chief of a monastery clear himself with a priest's clearance, L. Wih. 17; Th. i. 40, 13: 22; Th. i. 42, 3: L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 12

láþettan

Grammar
láþettan, [In the last two passages láþettan translates infestare, which however is for infestari. The original Latin of the two translations is: Canes latrantes uiderit vel eis infestare, and: Camelos uidere et ab eis se uiderit infestare.]
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For 'To be odious . . . hate' substitute: to abhor, execrate, hate, hold in detestation Þíne goda ic láðette and him teónan dó ego diis tuis abominationem feci Angl. xvii. 116, 4. Man tó forð láþet þæt man scolde lufian, Wlfst. 165, 3 [: 168, 13: Wrt

Linked entry: lǽþettan

slide

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Eádmódnyss fyll (casum) ne cann; eádmódnyss slide (lapsum) ne cann; eádmódnyss nǽfre slide (lapsum) þolode, Scint. 22, 7-9. Tó ǽrran slidum ongeányrnan ad priores lapsus recurrere, 61, 11

un-gedæftness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gedæftness, e; f.

Importunity ⬩ unseasonableness

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Importunity, unseasonableness Ðonne sió ungedæftnes hit ne cann eft gedæftan si habere impartunitas opportunitatem nescit, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 19

Linked entry: ge-dæftness

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