pening-hwirfere
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A money-changer Pennighwyrfere mensularius, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 31
pening-mangere
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A money-dealer Pennigmangere collybista, Wrt. Voc, i. 57, 32. Peningmongere, ii. 22, 36
Linked entry: mangere
penn
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A pen, fold On penn ; of ðam penne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 456, 3-4 : 25, 21. On hacapenn foreweardne, 412, 13
persoc-treów
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A peach-tree Persoctreów persicarius, Wrt. Voc, i. 32, 52
píc
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A point, pointed instrument, pike Piic acisculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 39. Píc, 4, 23 : i. 17, 31
Linked entry: pícung
pílere
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One who pounds in a mortar Pílere pilurius, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 52. v. next word
píl-stocc
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A pestle; pila, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 6
pín-beám
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A pine-tree Se hálga wolde áheáwan ǽnne pín-beám, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 24
pínere
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One who torments Hláferd his gesalde hine ðǽm pínerum ( tortoribus ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 34: Germ. 399, 265
pínung-tól
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An instrument of torture Decius hét gearcian eall ðæt pínungtól, Homl. Th. i. 428, 18. Mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod, 424, 22
Linked entry: tól
pise-cynn
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A kind of pea Sum pysecynn hátte lenticulas, Lchdm. ii.190,16
pistol-rǽdere
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He who reads the epistle in church, R. Conc. 5
Linked entry: under-diácon
plaster
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A plaster Tó plastre gewyrc, Lchdm. i. 272, 23 : 304, 20. Hwí ne bidst ðú ðé beþunga and plaster lífes lǽcedómes æt lífes freán cur tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelae? Dóm. L. 6, 80
Linked entry: blaster
plegere
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A player, athlete, wrestler Nacod plegere gimnosophista (the glosser seems to have misunderstood the word, which is rendered by heáhláreów, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40-40, and by weoroldsnottor, 81, 52), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 10
Linked entry: pleg-mann
pleg-hús
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A play-house, theatre Ðæs heofenlícan pleghúses coelestis theatri, Hpt. Gl. 447, 62
pleg-mann
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A player, athlete, wrestler Plegmanna gymnicorum, Hpt. Gl. 407, 39. Þurh plegemen ł gligmen ł gleáwe per gymnosophistas, 406, 72. Swilce wittige ł gleáwe leorneras ł plegmen velut sagaces gymnosophistas, 404, 78. Plegmen gimnosophistas, ðǽm wærstlícum
Linked entry: plegere
pleg-scild
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A small shield Plegscylde pelta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 69. [Cf. lytel scyld pelta, ða læssan scyldas peltae, i. 35, 28, 59.] Truman pleigscelde tuta pelta, Hpt. Gl. 424, 38
pleg-scip
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A small ship, a yacht (?); parunculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 35, v. next word
plóg
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A plough ; with this meaning the word occurs in Icel. and O. H. Ger., but in A. S. it seems to mean land, a plough of land (cf. Cath. Angl. p. 284 a ploghe of land carrucata. In the Tale of Gamelyn, the knight, bequeathing his estate says :-- ' Johan
pollup
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A scourge (?) Mistlíce þreála gebyriaþ for synnum, bendas oððe dyntas oððe pollupas oððe carcernþýstra, lobban oððe bælcan, L. Pen. 3, note; Th. ii. 278, 26