case-bill
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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
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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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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
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A superintendent of public games; agonotheta, Hpt. Gl. 405, 4
ge-camp
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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
ge-canc
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For 'Som. ... 510' substitute Gecance ludibrio, i. uituperatione, An. Ox. 1473. Mid gecance gannitura, 4504
hors-camb
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Hé sceal habban horscamb and sceára, Angl. ix. 263, 8. Add
of-calen
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Utan hlýwan ofcalene and wǽfan nacode and syllan mete þám gehingredum, Wlfst. 119, 6. Add
weorold-camp
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-Gif hwilc preósthádes manna hine gebeóde silfne tó woroldcampe (militię seculari), Chrd. 97, 8. Add
of-calen
very cold
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very cold Petrus stód ofcalen on ðam cauertúne, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 27
Linked entry: calan
hilde-calla
A war-herald
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A war-herald, Cd. 156; Th. 193, 26; Exod. 252
symbel-calic
A chalice
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A chalice for use at festivals or at the solemnity of the Mass. II. Ic an Ðeódréd mín wíte massehakele ðe ic on Pauie bouhte and simbelcalice, Chart. Th. 515, 18
Linked entry: calic
a-calan
To become cold ⬩ algere ⬩ frigescere
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To become cold; algere, frigescere Nó acól for ðý egesan he never became cold for the terror, Andr. Grm. 1267
cǽg-bora
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A key-bearer; claviger, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 19
cæg-loca
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The action of locking up, a key-locking, any repository locked up; clavis et loculamentum Búton hit under ðæs wífes cǽglocan [cǽglocum MS. A.] gebroht wǽre, sý heó clǽne, ac ðæra cǽgean heó scéal weardian; ðæt is, hire hordern, and hire cyste, and hire
cæn-ryn
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A generation, Ps. Spl. 47, 12
camp-dóm
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Warfare; militia, Scint. 29, 1
Linked entry: comp-dóm