tapor
A taper; also the wick of a lamp
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Taporas cereos, Germ. 395, 72. Taperas, Lchdm. iii. 202, 4
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tapor
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Þá gefylde hé mid wætre þǽre cyrcan cyllan and sette tapor (weocon, v.l.) onmiddan (in medio papyrum posuit ), Gr. D. 44, 14. Add
tapor-berend
An acolyte
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Similar entries tapor) Taporberend accolitus, Anglia xiii. 418, 759. Taporber[n]endum accolitis, 424, 840
tapor-æx
A small axe
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A small axe Swá feorr swá mæg án taperæx beón geworpen út of ðam scipe up on ðæt land quam longius de nave potest securis parvula, quam Angli vacant tapereax super terram projici, Chart. Th. 317, 30. Habbe hé áne taperæx on his [handa], Chr. 1031; Erl
tapor-æx
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Dele (borrowed from English) in bracket. The word seems Slavonic as to its first part, cf. Russian topor an axe, and to have come from Scandinavia to England
tácor
A husband's brother, brother-in-law
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A husband's brother, brother-in-law Tácor (tácur) levir, Txts. 74, 598. Tácor, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 20: levir, i. frater mariti, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 31. Tácor, ðæt is brýdguma[n] bróðor levirum, ii. 84, 16. Tácor, 50, 30: Hpt. Gl. 498, 75
tappa
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Of rúwan beorge on teappan treów; of tappan treów on westleás hagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 277, 21. Teppan hýse, i. 194, 36. On teppen cnolle, iii, 415, 19. Ad Tapan halan, ii. 344, 6
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tær
Gaping, cleft(?)
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Gaping, cleft(?) Ða giniendan oððe tara hiulcas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 49
candel-wyrt
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Candelwyrt phlomos [MS. fromos] vel lucernaria [MS. lucernaris ]. Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 90; Wrt. Voc. 32, 25
weóce
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For third passage substitute Þá gefyllde hé mid wætere ealle þǽre cyrcean ciellan and sette weócon (tapor, v.l.) onmiddan ( in media papyrum posuit), and þá mid fýre ontennde, Gr. D. 44, 15
weax-berende
bearing a wax candle
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bearing a wax candle; the word (in the form uæx biorende) glosses cerarius in the passage: Accoluthus grece, cerarius ad recitandum evangelium (cf.Acolitus is gecweden se ðe candele oððe tapor byreþ þonne mann godspell rǽt, Ælfc.
þurh-geótan
to pour over ⬩ cover by pouring ⬩ to fill ⬩ saturate ⬩ to fill ⬩ imbue ⬩ inspire
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Ic mid ða líffæstan ýþe ðurhgoten wæs vitali unda perfusus sum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 18. to fill, saturate Ðonne se sacerd gehálgodne tapor in ðæt wæter déð, ðone wyrð ðæt wæter mid ðam hálgan gáste ðurhgoten, Wulfst. 36, 6. to fill, imbue, inspire : -
candel
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Acolitus is gecweden sé þe candele oððe tapor byrð, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 4. Gyf man mǽte ꝥ hé byrnende candele geseó, gód ꝥ byð, Lch. iii. 176, 12. Ontend þreó candela, and drýp ꝥ wex þriwa, 286, 6.
æx
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Srt. 73, 5. v. blód-, brád-, brádlást-, hand-, stán-, tapor-æx. Add