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cac

(n.)
Grammar
cac, es; m?

Dung, excrement ⬩ stercus, foria, merda,

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Dung, excrement; stercus, foria, merda, Som. Ben. Lye

camp-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
camp-wudu, gen. -wuda; m.

War-wood, a shield ⬩ lignum pugnæ, clipeus

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War-wood, a shield; lignum pugnæ, clipeus Ðonne rand dynede, campwudu clynede then rang the shield, the war-wood sounded, Elen. Kmbl. 101; El. 51

bannuc-camb

(n.)
Grammar
bannuc-camb, es; m. [camb a comb]

A wool-comb ⬩ pecten textorium

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A wool-comb; pecten textorium Bannuccamb pecten, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 77

Linked entry: camb

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, -comp, es; m. [camp a contest, war]

Warfare ⬩ a contest ⬩ battle ⬩ mīlĭtia ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna

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Warfare, a contest, battle; mīlĭtia, certāmen, pugna Gecampes feld certāmĭnis campus, Greg. Dial. 2, 3. On gecampe in warfare, Byrht. Th. 136, 18; By. 153. Iosue com mid gecampe to him mid eallum his here vēnit Iosue et omnis exercĭtus cum eo adversus

cáf

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Cáf praeceps, i. alacer, Germ. 393, 66: efficax, 400, 547. Se eorðlica kempa bið ǽfre gearo and cáf, swá hwyder swá hé faran sceal tó gefeohte mid ðám kininge, Hex. 34, 19. Þæt hý sýn cáfran tó Godes þeówdóme, R. Ben. 68, 19. Petrus wæs cáfost on Crístes

CAWEL

(n.)
Grammar
CAWEL, cawl, caul, es; m.

COLE, colewort, cabbage ⬩ caulis, magudăris ⬩ brassica

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COLE, colewort, cabbage; caulis, magudăris = μαγύδαρις brassica, Lin Caul caula [ = caulis] vel magudaris, Wrt. Voc. 79, 44. Befeald on caules [cawles MS. H.] leáf fold it in the leaf of a cabbage, Herb. 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 106, 17: L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm.

Linked entry: cál

fleðe-camb

(n.)
Grammar
fleðe-camb, es; m.

A weaver's comb ⬩ pecten ⬩ pectĭca

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A weaver's comb; pecten, pectĭca, Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 47; Wrt. Voc. 59, 18

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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A member of the king's bodyguard Ðurstán mín húskarll præfectus meus palatinus Ðurstanus, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 202, 4. Urk mín húskarl, 221, 6. On gewitnesse eallra ðæs kynges húscarlan [-carla?], 291, 15. Ða Densca húscarles, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 25

stán-carr

(n.)
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rock, stone Stáncarr heard petram durissimam, Rtl. 19, 21

Linked entry: carr

weorold-camp

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-camp, es; m.
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Worldly warfare Godes þeówas nágon mid wígge ne mid worldcampe tó faren[n]e, ac mid gástlícan wǽpnan campian wíð deófol, L. Ælfc. P. 51 ; Th. ii. 388, 4

wull-camb

(n.)
Grammar
wull-camb, es; m.

A wool-comb

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A wool-comb Hé sceal fela towtóla habban,... wulcamb, Anglia ix. 263, 13

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carl-fugol

(n.)
Grammar
carl-fugol, es; m.
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A male bird Nán man ne wát hweþer hit ( the Phenix) is þe carlfugol þe cwénfugol, E. S. viii. 479, 90

carl-mann

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Gif hwilc carlman hǽmde wið wimman hire unðances, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 17. Add

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

cǽg-bora

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Add: one who has charge of the keys of a jail, jailor Cǽgbora clavicularius. Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 45: ii. 17, 11. Sc̃s Heremus wæs cǽgbora in Róme, Shrn. 121, 23. [Cf. N. E. D. key-bearer.] Cf. cǽg-hirde

cǽg-loca

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Dele: 'The action . . . key-locking.' The cǽglocan in the passage are the repositories which the wife could lock up with keys (v. cǽg supra); if the stolen property were not put into these, the keys of which were in her keeping, she was to be held guiltless

camp-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
camp-lic, adj.
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Military Camplic meniu a body of soldiers, Hml. S. 31, 1237. Camplicere mihte tribunicae potestatis, An. Ox. 11, 156: 12, 9. Réþe, camplice tyrannici (militonum commanipulares), 858

camp-weorud

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camp-weorud, (-od), -wered.
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Ðæt compweorod (-uearod, L.) cohors , Jn. R. 18, 12. Þæs hiofoncundan compwerodes caelestis militiae, Lch. i. lxviii, 5. Ymbseald mid þon heofonlican campweorode, Bl. H. 11, 24. Add

camp-wísa

(n.)
Grammar
camp-wísa, an; m.
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A superintendent of public games; agonotheta, Hpt. Gl. 405, 4

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, n. (not m.).
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Add Gecampe bello, Wülck. Gl. 248, 13. warfare, battle. literal Cempa þe on nánum gecampe náht ðegenlices ne gefremode, Hml. Th. i. 342, 5. Iulianus wolde neádian preóstas tó woruldlicum gecampe, Hml. S. 25, 834. fig. spiritual warfare Hí sceolon mid