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Anglo-Saxon

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Port

(n.)
Grammar
Port, es ; m.
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The name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently an inference from a place-name Hér cuom Port on Bretene ... on ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Portesmúþa, Chr. 501 ; Erl. 14, 12

port-geriht

(n.)
Grammar
port-geriht, es; n.
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A town-due, due paid by a town Ðæs túnes cýping and seó innung ðara portgerihta uillae mercimonium censusque omnis civilis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 138, 10

postol

(n.)
Grammar
postol, es; m.
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An apostle Ðara postolra apostolorum, Lk. Skt. p. 2, 2. Ða ðe cwédun ðás tó ðǽm postolum quae dicebant apostolas haec, Rush. 24, 10

prætt

(n.)
Grammar
prætt, es; m.
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Craft, art, wile, trick Præt, prætt astu, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 257, 8. Wó dómas and prættas, Anglia viii. 336, 40 : Wulfst. 245, 2. Prættum artibus, Hpt. Gl. 459, 23. Ongeán þúsendfealde derigende prattas contra mille nocendi artes, 424, 46

práfost-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
práfost-folgoþ, es; m.
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The office of provost Gif se práfast þurh þreále nele gerihtan, hé sý áworpen of ðam práfastfolgoþe ( de ordine prepositure ), R. Ben. 126, 5

pricel

(n.)
Grammar
pricel, es; n. (?)
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A prickle, sharp point Seó rǽding pingþ ðæne scoliere mid scearpum pricele, Anglia viii. 308, 1. Wið priclom contra stimulos, Lk. Skt. p. 3, 6

Linked entry: pricels

prím-sang

(n.)
Grammar
prím-sang, es ; m.
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Prime-song, the service at the first hour Ða seofon tídsangas ... prímsang . . . L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 6: R. Ben. 40, 6. Ǽlce Sunnanniht bútan Lenctene ... dægrédsang, prímsang ... mid alleluian sýn gesungene, 39, 18

púcel

(n.)
Grammar
púcel, es; m.
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A goblin, demon Wudewásan faunos, púcelas priapos, Germ. 394. 242

Linked entry: púca

pudd

(n.)
Grammar
pudd, es ; m.
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A ditch, furrow Puddas sulcos, Germ. 399, 338 [cf. puddle]

puduc

(n.)
Grammar
puduc, es; m.
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A wen Puducas strumas, Germ. 396, 258

pumic

(n.)
Grammar
pumic, es; m.
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(?) Pumice Of felle áscafen mid pumice, Lchdm. ii. 100, 15

pundere

(n.)
Grammar
pundere, es ; m.
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One who weighs From boecerum ł punderum a librariis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 2

pyll

(n.)
Grammar
pyll, es ; m.
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Pill, a pool, a creek, E. D. S. Publ. Cornish Gloss.

Linked entry: pull

rǽden-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden-gewrit, es; n.
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A writing containing a condition or stipulation, a written agreement, a note of hand Ic him sealde úre ágen rǽdengewrit, ðæt wǽre him tó ðam geráde ðæt land tó lǽten, ðe mon ǽlce gére gesylle fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós ðam bisceope, Chart. Th. 168

Linked entry: rǽding-gewrit

rǽdes-mann

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdes-mann, es; m.
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Th. 330, 8 : Chr, 1039; Erl. 167, 19. a steward, manager Æt Steorran ðe ðá wæs ðæs kinges rǽdesman, Chart. Th. 339,12

rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdness, es; f.
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readiness, promptness Rǽdnis (hrædnis?) pernicitas, Txts. 182, 75. On rǽdnysse in maturitate, Blickl. Gl. Ðone þóþor mid swiftre rǽdnesse geslegene ongeán gesænde tó ðam plegendan cynge, Ap. Th. 13, 4. Rǽdnisse (hrædnisse ?) concursionibus, Wrt. Voc.

rǽd-wægn

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-wægn, es; m.
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A vehicle, chariot Hé hiene hét iernan beforan his rǽdwǽne ante vehiculum ejus, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 13. Cf. Icel. reið-skjótr, but see also hræd-wægn

ræsn

(n.)
Grammar
ræsn, es; n.
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A plank, a ceiling Ræsn asser, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 59. Ræfter tignus, beám trabs, wáh paries, ræsn laquear, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 5-8 : ii. 52, 4

rand-hæbbend

(n.)
Grammar
rand-hæbbend, es; m.
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One who has a shield, a warrior Óðer nǽnig sélra nǽre rondhæbbendra, Beo. Th. 1726; B. 861

ráp

(n.)
Grammar
ráp, es; m.
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A rope, cord, cable Ráp funiculus vel funis, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 19 : 75, 4. Ráp vel strenc funiculus, modicus funis, ii. 151, 66. Ráp rudens, i. 285, 18. Heó lét hig út mid ánum langum rápe ( per funem ), Jos. 2, 15. Rápas funes vel restes, Wrt. Voc. i

Linked entry: nip