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ceorl-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ceorl-líce, ceorlíce; adv.

Commonly ⬩ vulgariter

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Commonly; vulgariter, Bridf

eal-ceald

all-cold

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all-cold

ealdor-cearu

life-care, care for life, life-long care

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life-care, care for life, life-long care

ís-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
ís-ceald, adj.

Ice-cold

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Ice-cold Ísceald sǽ, Exon. 81 b ; Th. 306, 28; Seef. 14: 307. 5; Seef. 19: Bt. Met. Fox 27, 6; Met. 27, 3

lotwrenc-ceást

(n.)
Grammar
lotwrenc-ceást, e; f.

Wiliness ⬩ cunning

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Wiliness, cunning Hé heora lotwrencceáste sciens versutiam eorum, Mk. Skt. 12, 15

mǽl-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-cearu, e; f.

Care or trouble belonging to a particular time

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Care or trouble belonging to a particular time Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ so did Healfdene's son ever brood over the trouble of that time, Beo. Th. 380; B. 189

sin-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-ceald, adj.
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Ever-cold Sincalda sǽ, Cd. Th. 207, 25 ; Exod. 472

cealc-crundel

(n.)
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a chalk ravine On cealccrundel, C. D. iii. 419, 17

Linked entry: crundel

ceald-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ceald-ness, e; f.
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Coldness, cold Ic mænigfeald earfeðu dreáh, hwílum þǽre ísihtan cealdnysse þæs wintres, hwílum þæs unmǽtan wylmes þǽre sunnan hǽto; ic wæs beswǽled for þám micclan byrne and eft for þǽre micclan forstigan cealdnysse þæs wintres, Hml. S. 23 b, 571-5

ceorl-folc

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Þis rídende ceorlfolc hoc equestre vulgus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 44, 15. Add

ceorl-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorl-leás, adj.
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Without a husband, unmarried Ðæt wudewe sitte .xii. mónðas ceorl ǽs. Sitte ǽlc wuduwe werleás twelf mónað, Ll. Th. i. 416, 3

ceorl-lic

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Substitute for citation Heánra mann vel ceorlic (l.? heánra manna vel ceorlicra) ǽhta peculium, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 59

ceorl-líce

(adv.)
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For 'Bridf' substitute On twám wísum is se dæg gecweden, naturaliter et vulgariter, ꝥ ys gecyndelíce and ceorlíce, Angl. viii. 317, 8

ofer-ceald

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or-ceápe

Grammar
or-ceápe, or-ceápes, or-ceápunga, or-ceápungum.
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Orceápungum gratis, Ps. Rdr. 38, 19: 108, 3. Add

sót-ceorl

(n.)
Grammar
sót-ceorl, sot-ceorl ?
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Andlang hagan on sótceorles æcer, C. D. v. 148, 13: vi. 41, 20

æcer-ceorl

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Ealle æcerceorlas rustic/, aratores, Chrd. 68, l. Add

wæl-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-ceald, adj.

Deadly cold

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Deadly cold Hé him helle gescóp, wælcealde wíc (cf. Ðǽr (in hell) cymð forst fyrnum cald, Cd. Th. 20, 28; 316), wintre beðeahte, Salm. Kmbl. 937; Sal. 468

winter-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
winter-ceald, adj.

Wintry-cold ⬩ cold with the cold of winter

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Wintry-cold, cold with the cold of winter Ic him gromheortum winterceald oncweþe, Exon. Th. 387, 18; Rä. 5, 7. Hé dreág wintercealde wræcce, 377, 15; Deór. 4. Wintercealdan niht, Andr. Kmbl. 2531; An. 1267

ofer-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-ceald, adj.

Excessively cold, ⬩ excessive cold

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Excessively cold, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 14; Rún. 11

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