port-wer
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A citizen; civis, Rtl. 187, 23
posling
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A pill Wyrc lytle poslingas feówer make four little pills, Lchdm. i. 76, 23. v. preceding word
post
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A post, pedestal Post basis, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 20 : postis, 86, 29 : Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 45. Under ðám sylfum postum sub ipsos postes, 47; Som. 48, 17. Hé áhéng ðæt dust on ǽnne heáhne post ... Ðæt hús wearð ðá forburnen búton ðam ánum poste, Swt
pott
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A pot Dó on ǽnne neówna pott, Lchdm. i. 378, 22
predicere
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One who announces, a preacher Praedico ic bodige oððe foresecge, praedicator prydecere (predicere, MSS. C. U.), Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 276, 1
Linked entry: prydecere
preón
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A pin, brooch, fastening Preón vel oferfeng vel dalc fibula, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 53. Dolc oððe preón spinther, 74, 59. Hió becwiþ hyre ealdan gewíredan preón is an .vi. mancussum, Chart. Th. 537, 35. Ic geann mínre yldran dehter ... ánes bendes and twegea
preóst-hád
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Priest-hood Sumne Godes mane preósthádes clericum quendam, Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 476, 36. Gé sint ácoren kynn Gode and kynelíces preósthádes vos autem genus electum regale sacerdotium, Past. 14, 5; Swt. 85, 19. Iulianus nolde gehealdan his preósthád on riht,
preóst-heáp
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A band of priests, the clergy On preóstheápe in clero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 22
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pricels
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A sharp point Pricelsum stimulis, Hpt. Gl. 514, 13
Linked entry: pricel
prior
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A prior Hine God geuferade ðæt hé wearð prior, Chart. Th. 445, 34
prút-scipe
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Pride, arrogance Prútscipes arrogantiae, superbiae, Hpt. Gl. 432, 50. Múþ heora spræc prútscipe ( superbiam ), Ps. Lamb. 16, 10
pull
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A pool, creek Ondlong ðære strǽt tó máwpul ; andlang pulles, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30-31. Of seges mere in ðæs pulles heáfod ... of þornbrycge in ðone pull, and æfter ðam pulle in baka brycge ... in dodhǽma pull, of ðam pulle in streám, 386, 12-19
pull-spere
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A pool-spear, a reed (such as grows by pools, cf. hreód-pól under pól) Pulsper harundinem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 7
pumic-stán
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Pumice-stone; pumex, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 26
pund
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A Pound. as a weight without reference to money Án uncia stent on feówer and twentig penegum ; twelf síðon twelf penegas beóþ on ánum punde, Anglia viii. 335. 18. Libra is pund on Englisc, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 30; Som. 52, 8. Pund praesorium (pressorium), Wrt
Linked entry: mund-bryce
pung
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A small bag, purse Pung cassidele, Txts. 54, 297 : Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 19: ii. 13, 39
Linked entry: wung
pyle
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(?) A pillow Pyle cervical, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 5; Som. 9, 2 : pulvillus, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 60 : pulvinar, 81, 60. Lytel pile pulvillus, 25, 48. Wá ðǽm ðe willaþ under ǽlcne elnbogan lecggean pyle and bolster under ǽlcne hnecean.... Se legeþ pyle under ǽlces
pytt
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a pit, hole in the ground, a grave Pyt puteus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 58. Scrobs ys pytt oððe díc, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 51 ; Zup. 66, 10. Heora mód ys swá deóp swá grundleás pytt sepulcrum patens est guttur eorum, Ps. Th. 5, 10. Gif hwá pytt ( cisternam ) ádelfe and
rád-hors
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A horse for riding, a saddle-horse Man sceal Jǽtan hine rídan on ðæs cyninges rádhorse, Anglia ix. 35, 235