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Corn-weal

(n.)
Grammar
Corn-weal, es; m.

CORNWALL ⬩ Cornubia

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CORNWALL; Cornubia Som. Ben. Lye

Corn-wealas

(n.)
Grammar
Corn-wealas, gen. -weala; dat. -wealum; pl. m.

Cornishmen ⬩ the inhabitants of Cornwall in a body ⬩ Cornwall ⬩ Cornubienses ⬩ Cornubia

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Cornishmen, the inhabitants of Cornwall in a body, Cornwall; Cornubienses, Cornubia Cómon hí to lande on Cornwealum they came to land in Cornwall Chr. 892; Th. 160, 39, col. 3: 997; Erl. 134, 8

cocer

(n.)
Grammar
cocer, a quiver.
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Coker faretra, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 23. Seó lufu cocor ( faretram ) and bogan and flán forlét, Prud. 51. Hí fyllaþ heora coceras mid flánum, Ps. Th. 10, 2. Add

-cóle

(suffix)

Similar entry: wín-cóle

copp

(n.)
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a top, summit Coppe helmes cono (.i. summitate, Hpt. Gl. 443, 22) (sublimi) uerticis, An. Ox. 1563. Coppe cono, 32, 6

cops

Similar entry: cosp

cost

Grammar
cost, costmary.
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Cost costa, An. Ox. 56, 392. Add

cote

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Ne mæg nán wíf hire bóndan forbeódan ꝥ hé ne móte intó his cotan (-on, v. l. ) gelógian ꝥ ꝥ hé wille, Ll. Th. i. 418, 24. Add

-coren

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-coren

cost

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Menigum costum ł uísum mullis modi's, Jn. p. 7, 10. [Monigfald cost clǽnsungú multimodis purificationibus, Rtl. 121, 28.] Add: —

-cost

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-cost, adj.

Similar entry: ge-cost

COLT

(n.)
Grammar
COLT, es; m.

A COLT ⬩ pullus

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A COLT; pullus He asyndrode þrítig gefolra olfendmyrena mid heora coltum, and twentig assmyrena mid heora coltum [MS. coltun] separavit camelos fætas cum pullis suis triginta, et asinas viginti et pullos earum Gen. 32, 15

coon

(adj.)

bold

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bold Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: cón

cost

(adj.)
Grammar
cost, adj. [costian to tempt, try, prove]

Tried ⬩ proved ⬩ probatus

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Tried, proved; probatus Cempan coste cyning weorþodon the tried champions glorified the king Andr. Kmbl. 2111; An. 1057

cote

(n.)
Grammar
cote, an; f.

A cot ⬩ cottage ⬩ house ⬩ casa ⬩ domus

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A cot, cottage, house; casa, domus Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám to his cotan bringe if any man bring a stolen thing home to his house L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 18

Linked entry: cete

coxre

(n.)

a quiver

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a quiver Som. Ben. Lye

copor

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Coper cyprum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 71. Copor colos, i. color conciliatus, 134, 33. Add

copp

(n.)
Grammar
copp, a cup.
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Hé gefylde copp ( spongiam ) mið æcced, Mk. L. R. 15, 36. Bolla full ł copp full, Jn. L. 19, 29. Add

corte

(n.)
Grammar
corte, an; f.
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Andlanges ðǽr eá tó ðáre wíc; fram ðǽre wíc tó ðǽre cortan; and swá andlanges tó Súðsexan, C. D. vi. 217, 7. ?

cosp

Grammar
cosp, Dele 'Lat. compes,' and add
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Puncto, foramine, in quo pedes vinctorum tenentur in ligno cubitati, spatio interjecto, id est cosp, Txts. 86, 765. Copses cippi, An. Ox. 3251. Copse cibbo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 3: 18, 32, Copsas (conpedes ) synd on fótum dysiges, Scint. 96, 16. Cospa cipporum

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