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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

heáfod-pyle

(n.)
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a pillow Wangere, heáfod-(=p-pyle?) cervical, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 29. (?)

Linked entry: pyle

horn-píc

(n.)
Grammar
horn-píc, n.(?). l. m.

mǽr-pull

(n.)
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a boundary pull On mǽrpul; ondlong pulles on Afene Cht. E. 445, 13

palm-dæg

(n.)
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Palm Sunday On þám symbeldæge þe wé palmdæg gewunelíce nemnað, Hml. S. 23 b, 140

palm-treów

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Palmtreówa birig, Deut. 34, 3. Add

palm-twig

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Rihtwís swá palmtwig blóweð, Ps. Rdr. Cam. 91. 13. Add

palm-twiga

(n.)
Grammar
palm-twiga, (?), an; m.
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A palm-branch Palmtwiga palma, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 312, 9

Linked entry: twiga

-palm-twiged

(suffix)

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pín-beám

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Hí begunnon tó ceorfenne þone heágan pínbeám, Hml. S. 31, 407. Add

píp-dreám

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The Latin original is: Organa cantare audierit uicinas letitias. Cf. orgel-dreám. Add

pur-lamb

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salu-pád

(adj.)
Grammar
salu-pád, adj.

Dark-coated

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Dark-coated Ða sind blace swíde, swearte, salopáde, Exon. Th. 439, i; Rä. 58, 3

saluwig-pád

(adj.)
Grammar
saluwig-pád, adj.

Dark-coated, having dark plumage

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Dark-coated, having dark plumage Hrefn sal-wigpád, Exon. Th. 329, 20; Vy. 37. Earn salowigpáda, Judth. 24, 28; Jud. 211. Létan hrǽ bryttian saluwigpádan ðone sweartan hræfn, Chr. 937; Erl. 115,10

Linked entry: salu-pád

horn-píc

(n.)
Grammar
horn-píc, es; n.

[?] A pinnacle

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[?] A pinnacle Sette hine ofer hornpíc temples statuit eum supra pinnam templi, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 9

Linked entry: píc

cól-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
cól-pyt, -pet; gen. -pyttes, -pettes; m.

A COAL-PIT ⬩ carbonis fossa

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A COAL-PIT; carbonis fossa Fram Hlypegete to ðam cólpytte: fram cólpette from Lipgate to the coal-pit: from the coal-pit Cod. Dipl. 1322; A. D. 1035; Kmbl. vi. 186, 9

gang-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
gang-pyt, -pytt, es; m.

A privy ⬩ latrīna

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A privy; latrīna On ðære nyðemestan fléringe wæs heora gangpyt and heora myxen on the lowermost flooring [of the ark] was their privy and their dunghill, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 7

here-pád

(n.)
Grammar
here-pád, e; f.

A coat of mail

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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 4508; B. 2258

Linked entry: pád

palm-æppel

(n.)
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the fruit of the palm, a date Palmæppel dactulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 63 : 89. 33. Palmæppla nicolaos, 83, 55. Palmǽpla, 60, 67

palm-treów

(n.)
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a palm-tree Palmtreów palma, Ps. Lamb. 91, 13. Palmtreó palmes, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 4. Ðǽr wǽron hundseofontig palmtreówa ( palmae ), Ex. 15, 27. Palmtreówa (-trýwa) twigu ramos palmarum, Jn. Skt. 12, 13

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