byttehlid n. butt-lid, WW 21323.
byttfylling f. filling of casks, LL 178, 8, 1.
byð = bið pres. 3 sg. of bēon.
byðme = bytme
bȳwan (ēo, ī) to rub, brighten, furbish up, adorn.
byxen made of boxwood, WW. [box]
cæb- = cæf-
cǣc- = cēac-
cæderbēam = cederbēam
cæfertūn = cafortūn
cæfester (cæb-) n. halter, Gl. [L. capistrum]
cæfing f. hair-ornament, Gl.
cæfl m. halter, muzzle, WW.
cǣg f., cǣga m. ‘key’ (lit. and fig.), Ex, LL, Rd: solution, explanation, CP.
cǣgbora m. key-bearer, jailor.
cǣghiorde m. keeper of the keys, steward, WW.
cǣgloca m. locked depository, LL 362, 76, 1.
-cǣglod v. ā-c.
cæh- = ceah-
cæl- = cel-, ceal-, ciel-
cæm- = cem-
cæn- = cen-, cyn-
cǣpehūs = cīepehūs
cæppe f. ‘cap,’ WW: cope, hood. [Lat. cappa]
cæpse f. box, NC 276. [L. capsa]
cær- = car-, cear-, cer-, cier-
cærse (e) f. ‘cress,’ water-cress, Lcd; Mdf.
cærsiht full of cress, KC 3·12118.
cærte = carte
cǣs = cēas pret. 3 sg. of cēosan.
cǣse = cīse
cæstel = castel
cæster (NG) == ceaster
cāf quick, active, prompt, Æ: bold, brave. adv. cāfe.
cāflic bold. adv. -līce promptly: boldly, Æ.
caflwyrt = cawlwyrt
See separate entries for cawl II. and wyrt.
cāfnes f. energy, ÆH 2·2824.
cafortūn (æ, ea1, e2) m. vestibule, court, court-yard, Æ: hall, residence, Æ.
cāfscipe m. alacrity, boldness.
+cafstrian to bridle, curb, CP. [cæfester]
cahhetan = ceahhetan
cāl- = cawel-
Printed on one line:
cāl == cawl, cawel
calan6 to grow cool or cold.
calc I. m. shoe, sandal. [L. calceus]
calcatrippe = coltetræppe
calcrond shod (of horses), GnE 143.
cald (A) == ceald
cālend m. the beginning of a month, AO: month, Men: (†) span of life. [‘calends’]
cālendcwide m. tale of days, Sol 479.
calic m. ‘chalice,’ Lcd, Lk, Mt, VPs. [L. calicem]
-calla (ZDA 10·345) v. hilde-c.
calu (cal(e)w- in obl. cases) ‘callow,’ bare, bald, Rd. [Ger. kahl]
calwer = cealer
calwer-clīm, -clympe curds? WW.
cāma m. muzzle, collar, bit, PPs 3111.
camb (o) m. ‘comb,’ crest, Ep, WW: honey-comb, LPs.
cambiht combed, crested, WW.
cambol = cumbol
camel m. ‘camel,’ Mt, Mk.
cammoc (u2) nm? ‘cammock,’ rest-harrow, Lcd, WW.
±camp (o) I. m. combat, battle, struggle, warfare, B, Rd. [‘camp’]
II. field, plain? EC 1832. [L. campus]
campdōm m. military service, warfare, Æ.
campealdor m. commander, OEG 4433.
campgefēra m. fellow-soldier, Gl.
camphād m. warfare, BH.
±campian (o) to strive, fight, Gu; Æ. [‘camp’]
camplic military, Æ.
camprǣden f. war, warfare, An 4.
campstede † m. battle-field.
campung f. fighting, warfare.
campwǣpen (o1) n. weapon, Rd 219.
campweorod (e2, ea2, e3) n. army, host.
campwīg † (comp-) n. battle, combat.
campwīsa m. director of public games, HGl 405.
campwudu m. shield? El 51.
can pres. 1 and 3 sg. of cunnan.
cān m. germ, sprout? PPs 7910. [OS. cīnan]
±canc n. jeering, scorn, derision, Gl.
canceler m. chancellor, Chr 1093. [Low L. canceliarium]
cancer m. cancer, Æ. [L.]
cancerādl f. cancer, Lcd 41a.
cancerwund f. cancerous wound.
canc-etan, -ettan to cry out, mock, deride.
cancetung f. boisterous laughter, WW 38236.
cancor = cancer
candel fn. lamp, lantern, ‘candle,’ WW; Æ. [L. candela]
candelbora m. acolyte.
candelbryd (?= bred; BT) flat candlestick, IM 120.
candellēoht n. ‘candle-light,’ RB.
candelmæsse f. ‘candlemas,’ the feast of the Purification, Chr.
candelmæsseæfen n. Candlemas eve.
candelmæssedæg m. Candlemas day, NC 276.
candelsnȳtels m. candle-snuffers, WW 12628.
candelstæf m. candlestick, Mt. [‘candlestaff’]
candelsticca m. ‘candlestick,’ EC 250´.
candeltrēow n. candelabrum, MtR 515.
candeltwist m. pair of snuffers, Gl.
candelweoce f. ‘candle-wick,’ torch, WW.
candelwyrt f. candlewort, WW 1379.
candol = candel
cann I. f. cognizance, averment, asseveration, clearance, LL.
II. (±) pres. 3 sg. of cunnan.
canne f. ‘can,’ cup, WW.
canon m. canon, rule. canones bēc canonical books. [L. canon]
canonic I. m. canon.
II. canonical, Æ.
canoniclic canonical.
cans = canst pres. 2 sg. of cunnan.
cantel m? n? buttress, support, A 8·32410.
cantelcāp m. cope, Chr 1070e.
cantercæppe f. cope (vestment).
cantere m. singer, CM 904.
canterstæf m. chanter’s staff, EC 250.
cantic (Æ), canticsang m. canticle, song. [L.]
-cāp v. cantel-c.
capellan m. chaplain, EC, Chr (late). [L.]
capian to look. ūp c. to look up, lie on its back (of the moon), Lcd 3·26623. capiende ‘supinus,’ GPH 393a.
capitel = capitol
capitelhūs n. chapter-house, IM 1224.
capit-ol, -ul, -ula m. chapter (cathedral or monastic): chapter (division of a book), lesson, LL: anthem. [v. ‘chapitle’]
capitolmæsse f. early mass, first mass.
+capitulod divided into chapters, LL (2042).
cappa = cæppe
capun m. ‘capon,’ WW. [L. capōnem]
carbunculus m. carbuncle, CP. [L.]
carc-ern (AO, CP), -ærn n. prison, jail. [L. carcer]
carcernðystru f. prison darkness, LL.
carcernweard m. jailor, MH 2415,19.
cārclife = gārclife
care- = car-
carful (ea) anxious, sad, Gu, Soul: ‘careful,’ attentive, painstaking, Ps, WW: troublesome. adv. -līce, LL.
carfulnes f. care, anxiety: ‘carefulness,’ Lcd.
cargealdor n. sorrowful song, Jul 618.
cargēst m. sad spirit, devil, Gu 365.
carian to care for, be anxious.
caricum dp. of sb. with dried figs, ÆL 23b661. [L. carica]
carig (ea, e) † sorrowful, anxious, Cr, Soul: grievous, DD. [‘chary’]
carl m. man. [ON. karl]
carlēas ‘careless,’ free from care, RB.
carlēasnes, carlēast f. freedom from care, security, WW. [‘carelessness’]
carlfugol (ea1, e3) m. male bird, cock.
carlīce (ea) wretchedly.
carlmann m. male, man, Chr.
carr m. stone, rock, NG. [Celtic]
carseld (ea) n. home of care, Seaf 5.
carsīð (ea) painful journey, B 2396.
carsorg f. sad anxiety, Gen 1114.
carte (æ) f. paper for writing on, Æ: document, deed. [L. charta]
caru (ea) f. ‘care,’ concern, anxiety, sorrow, B, Lk; AO.
carwylm (æ2, e2) † m. welling sorrow.
casebill n. club, GPH 394 (v. A 31·66).
cāserdom m. imperial sway.
Cāsere (Cāser, JnL) m. Cæsar, emperor, Bo; Æ, AO. [‘Kaser’]
cāsering f. coin with Cæsar’s head on it, drachma, didrachma, NG.
cāserlic imperial, WW 42740.
cāsern f. empress, AO 26614.
cassuc m. hassock, sedge, Lcd.
cassuclēaf np. hassock or sedge leaves, Lcd 170a.
castel I. m. ‘castle,’ fort, Chr.
II. n. town, village, Mt, Mk, Lk.
castelmann m. townsman, Chr.
castelweall m. city wall, rampart.
castelweorc n. castle-building, Chr 1137.
castenere m. cabinet, chest, TC 5317.
casul m. over-garment, ‘birrus,’ cloak, WW. [‘chasuble’]
cāsus m. (grammatical) case, ÆGr.
catt m., catte f. ‘cat,’ Gl; Mdf.
caul [S 6n1] = cawl I. and II.
cawellēaf n. cabbage-leaf, Lcd.
cawelsǣd n. cabbage-seed, Lcd.
cawelstela m. cabbage-stalk, Lcd.
cawelstoc (cāl-) m. cabbage-stalk, Lcd 1·3788.
cawelwurm m. caterpillar, WW 12129.
cawl I. (e, ea, eo) m. basket, AO. [‘cawl’]
II. m. ‘cole’ (‘caul,’ ‘cawel’), kale, cabbage, Lcd.
cēac sm. basin, pitcher, jug, Æ, CP: kettle, cauldron, LL 24; 104; 116.
cēacādl (ēo) f. jaw-ache, Lcd 109a, 113a.
cēacbān n. ‘cheek-bone,’ jaw, WW.
cēacbora m. yoke for buckets, Gl.
ceace f. cake? (BT) WW 50510?
cēace (ē, ei, ēo) f. ‘cheek,’ jaw, jawbone, Lcd, WW.
ceacga m. broom, furze, BC, KC.
ceacl = ceafl
ceaf (e) n. nap. ceafu ‘chaff,’ Mt, Lk, WW; Æ, CP.
ceaf- = caf-, ceaf-, cief-
ceaffinc m. chaffinch, ANS 76·206.
ceafl m. jaw, cheek, jaw-bone, cheek-bone, Æ, Whale. [‘jowl’]
ceaflādl (cealf-) f. disease of the jaws, Lcd 90b.
ceafor (e) m. cock-‘chafer,’ beetle, Ps, WW; Æ.
ceahhe f. daw, KC 3·4826.
ceahhetan to laugh loudly.
ceahhetung f. laughter, jesting, Æ.
cealc (a) m. ‘chalk,’ lime, plaster, AO; Mdf: chalkstone, pebble, Ep, WW.
+cealcian (æ) to whiten, MtL 2327.
cealcstān m. limestone, chalk.
ceald I. adj. ‘cold’ (‘cheald’), cool, Mt, Jn; AO, CP. adv. cealde.
II. n. coldness, cold.
cealdheort cruel, An 138 (cald-).
cealdian to become cold, Rim. [‘cold’]
cealdnes f. coldness, cold, Æ.
cealer m. pressed curds, jelly of curds or whey. [L. galmaria]
cealerbrīw m. pottage of curds, Lcd.
cealf I. (æ, e) nm. (nap. cealfru) ‘calf,’ Æ.
+cealf (e) great with calf.
cealfādl = ceaflādl
cealfian to calve, Æ.
cealfloca m. calf-pen.
cealfwyrt (a) ‘eruca,’ WW 13617.
ceallian to ‘call,’ shout, Ma 91. [ON. kalla]
cealre = cealer and das. of cealer.
cealwa = calwa
cēap (ē, ȳ) m. cattle, CP: purchase, sale, traffic, bargain, gain, B; CP: price, LL. dēop c. high price. būtan cēape gratis: goods, possessions, property, Chr; AO: market, Æ. [‘cheap’]
cēapcniht m. bought servant, slave, Gl.
cēapdæg m. market-day, WW.
cēapēadig? rich, wealthy, Gn 108.
cēapealeðel n. alehouse (v. BT).
cēapgyld n. purchase money, market price: compensation, v. LL 2·338.
cēapian to bargain, trade, Mt: buy, Jn, Cr; AO: endeavour to bribe, Da 739. [‘cheap’; Ger. kaufen]
cēapman m. ‘chapman,’ trader, BH, LL.
cēapsceamul m. seat of custom or toll, treasury, G.
cēapscip n. trading vessel, AO 1164.
cēapsetl (e1) n. toll-booth, G.
cēapstōw f. market-place, market, CP.
cēapstrǣt (ē, ȳ) f. market-place.
cēapung f. traffic, trade, LL. [‘cheaping’]
cēapunggemōt n. market, WW 4501.
cear == car
cearcetung f. gnashing, grinding, W 20018.
cearcian to creak, gnash, Æ. [‘chark’]
cearde = cierde pret. 3 sg. of cierran.
+cearfan to cut off, kill, NG.
cearm = cirm
cear-rige, -ruce a vehicle? Gl.
ceart wild common land, KC.
cearwund badly wounded? LL 6[63].
-cēasega v. wæl-c.
cēaslunger contentious, v. NC 276.
cēast (ǣ, ē) f. strife, quarrelling, contention, WW: reproof.
ceastel = castel
ceaster (æ, e) f. castle, fort, town, CP: †heaven, hell.
ceasteræsc m. black hellebore, Lcd.
ceasterbūend m. citizen, B 768.
ceastergewar- = ceasterwar-
ceasterherpað high road? (BT), KC 5·2171.
ceasterhlid n. city gate, Cr 314.
ceasterhof n. house in a city, An 1239.
ceaster-lēod f. np. -lēode citizens, NC 276.
ceasternisc (æ) urban, municipal, TC 24413.
ceaster-sǣtan, -sǣte mp. citizens, TC.
±ceaster-waran mp., -ware, -waru f. burghers, citizens.
ceasterweall (e1) m. city wall.
ceasterwīc f. village, Bl 6935.
ceasterwyrt f. black hellebore, Lcd.
cēastful contentious.
cēcel (coecil) cake, Gl.
cēde (VPs) = cīegde pret. 3 sg. of cīegan.
cedelc f. the herb mercury.
ceder nmf. cedar. [L. cedrus]
ceder-bēam mn., -trēow (ȳ) n. cedar-tree.
cedor- = ceder-
cēdrisc of cedar, DR.
cef (Æ) = ceaf
cef- = cæf-, ceaf-, cif-
cehhettung = ceahhetung
ceīce (MtLR) = cēace
ceig- (N) = cīg-
ceir cry, clamour, DR.
cel = cawl
cēlan (ǣ) to cool, become cold, be cold, MH, VPs (oe): (+) quench (thirst), refresh. [‘keel’]
celc I. (M) m. chalice, cup. [= calic]
celde † f. copious spring? [cp. Ger. quelle]
celdre = ceoldre
celen-dre f., -der n. ‘coliander,’ coriander, Lcd.
cele-ðonie, -ðenie, cileðonie f. celandine, swallow-wort, Lcd.
celf (A) = cealf
celic = calic
cēling f. cooling, Æ: cool place, Æ.
celis ‘peditis,’ foot-covering, A 37·45.
celiwearte = cielewearte
cell m. (monastic) cell, Chr 1129.
cellender n., cellendre f. = celendre
cellod (ē?) † part. round? hollow? embossed? beaked? Fin 29; Ma 283.
celmertmonn m. hireling, NG (v. ES 42·172).
±cēlnes f. coolness, cool air, breeze, CP. [cōl]
celod v. cellod.
celras = ceallras, nap. of cealer.
±cemban (æ) to comb, Æ. [‘kemb’]
cemes f. shirt. [L. camisia]
cempa (æ) m. warrior, champion, Gl, Ma; Æ, AO, CP. [camp] [‘kemp’]
cempestre f. female warrior, OEG.
cēn † m. pine-torch, pine: name of the rune for c. [Ger. kien]
cendlic = cynlic
cēne bold, brave, fierce, CP, Lcd, Ma; Æ, AO: powerful, VPs: learned, clever, Met 1051. [‘keen’; Ger. kühn] also adv.
cenep m. moustache: bit (of a bridle). [ON. kanpr]
cenlic = cynlic
cēnlīce boldly, Æ. [‘keenly’]
±cennan to conceive, bring forth: beget, create, produce, Mt, VPs; CP: nominate, choose out, Æ: assign, attribute, give: declare, show oneself, clear oneself, make a declaration in court (v. LL 2·32; 279 ‘cennan,’ ‘Anefang’), B, LL, Ps. [‘ken’]
cennend m. parent, Bl.
cennendlic genital.
cennes f. produce, what is produced, EHy 622: childbirth: birthday.
cennestre f. mother, Æ.
cenning f. procreation, CP: parturition, birth, Æ: declaration in court (v. cennan).
cenningstān (y1) m. testing-stone.
cenningstow f. birthplace, Æ.
cenningtīd f. time of bringing forth, Æ.
cennystre = cennestre
Cent, Centescīr f. Kent. [L. Cantia]
centaur m. centaur.
centaurie f. centaury (plant).
Centingas mp. inhabitants of Kent, Kentish men. Chr.
Centisc Kentish.
Cent-land, -lond (AO) n. Kent.
Centrīce n. kingdom of Kent.
Centware mp. inhabitants of Kent, Chr.
cēnðu f. boldness, B 2696.
cēo f. chough, jay, jackdaw, Æ.
-cēocian v. ā-c.
ceod? ceode? bag, pouch, CP, LL.
ceodor- = ceder-
ceofl, ceol (NG) = cawl I.
cēol m. ship.
ceolas mp. cold winds, cold, Az 103. [ciele?]
ceolbor- = cilfor-
ceole (e) f. throat: gorge, chasm: beak of ship, Gl. [Ger. kehle]
ceolor m. throat.
cēol-ðel n., -ðelu? f. deck of a ship, Hu 8.
ceolwærc m. pain in the throat, Lcd 113a.
ceorcing f. complaining, GPH 398.
±ceorfan3 to cut, cut down, slay, Mk, Æ; LkL: carve, cut out, engrave: tear.
ceorfæx f. axe, AO 16015.
ceorfingīsen n. branding iron, Sc.
ceorfsæx n. surgeon’s knife, scalpel, Æ.
±ceorian to murmur, complain, Æ, AO.
ceorig querulous, complaining, OEG.
ceorl m. ‘churl,’ layman, peasant, husbandman, CP: freeman of the lowest class, LL; AO, CP: man: husband, Jn, WW; CP: hero, noble man.
ceorlǣs (= ceorllēas) unmarried (of women), LL 360, 73b.
ceorlboren low-born, not noble, LL.
ceorlfolc n. common people, Æ.
±ceorlian to marry (of the woman), LL, Mt; Æ. [‘churl’]
ceorlic = ceorllic
ceorlisc (ie) of a ‘ceorl,’ ‘churlish,’ common, rustic, LL, WW. adv. -lisce.
ceorliscnes f. rudeness, vulgarity.
ceorllic common, belonging to the people generally. adv. -līce commonly, vulgarly.
ceorlman m. freeman, LL 73; 463.
ceorlstrang strong as a man, WW 10818.
ceorm = cirm
ceorran I. (sv3) to creak, Lcd 160a.
ceorung f. murmuring, Æ.
±cēosan2 to ‘choose,’ (‘i-cheose’), seek out, select, AO; Æ: decide, test: accept, approve, B, Gen.
ceosel (i, y) m. gravel, sand, shingle, Ep, Mt; Æ. [‘chesil’]
ceoselbǣre gravelly, shingly.
ceoselstān m. sand-stone, gravel, WW.
ceoslen (OEG 7161), ceoslig (440) gravelly.
ceosol I. m? n? gullet, maw.
±cēowan2 to ‘chew,’ gnaw, Æ, Soul: eat, consume, Æ.
ceowl (NG) = cawl
cēowung (ī, ȳ) f. ‘chewing,’ WW (ī).
cēp = cēap
cēp- = cēap-, cȳp-
Printed on one line:
cēp; cēp- = cēap; cēap-, cȳp-
cēpan I. to ‘keep,’ guard, observe, attend, look out for, take heed, Æ, Lcd, Ps: take, Æ: avail oneself of, betake oneself to, take to, bear: seek after, desire, Æ: meditate: regulate by: seize, Æ.
cēpnian to await eagerly, NC 276.
cer = cierr
ceren I. (æ, y) n? new wine, sweet wine. [L. carenum]
cer-felle, -fille f. ‘chervil,’ Lcd, WW. [L. cerefolium]
cerge = carig
cerlic = cirlic
cerm = cirm
cers- = cærs-
cert- = ceart-, cyrt-
certare charioteer, ÆL 18295.
ceruphīn cherubim, El 750.
ces- = ceos-
cēs- = cīs-, cȳs-
cēs = cēas pret. 3 sg. of cēosan.
Cēsar (AO) = Cāsere
cestian = cystian
cēte = cȳte
cēðan = cȳðan
cewl (NG) = cawl
chor, chora m. dance, choir (singers), CP: church-choir (place). [L. chorus]
chorglēo n. dance, LPs.
cīan sbpl. gills, Gl. [Ger. kieme]
cicel = cycel
cicen (y) n. ‘chicken,’ Mt, WW.
cicene (Æ) = cycene
cicropisc cyclopean? WW 21713.
+cīd n. altercation, CP, DR, GD.
±cīdan (w. d. or wið) contend, quarrel, Æ, WW: complain: ‘chide,’ blame, Mk; Æ, CP.
cīdde I. pret. 3 sg. of cīdan.
II. = cȳðde pret. 3 sg. of cȳðan.
cīdung (ȳ) f. chiding, rebuke, AO.
±cīegan (ē, ī, ȳ) (tr.) to call, name, Æ (i): call upon, invoke, summon, convene, CP: (intr.) call out.
ciele (e, i, y) m. coolness, cold, ‘chill,’ frost, Bl; AO, CP. [ceald]
cielegicel † (y1) m. icicle.
cielewearte (e1, y1) f. goose-skin, WW.
cielewyrt (y) f. sorrel.
cielf = cealf
cielle (i, y) f. fire-pan, lamp. [OHG. kella]
cīepa (e, i, y) m. merchant, trader, Æ.
cīepe = cīpe
cīepehūs (ǣ1) n. storehouse, WW 18611.
cīepemann (CP), cīepmann (LL) m. merchant.
cīepeðing (ē, ȳ) np. goods, merchandise.
cīeplic (ȳ) for sale, vendible, Sc 9817.
cīepung (ē, ī, ȳ) f. marketing, trading, CP: market-place, market: merchandise: market dues.
cierice = cirice
cierlisc = ceorlisc
cierm = cirm
cierr (e, i, y) m. turn, change, time, occasion, Æ, CP, Lk, Lcd: affair, business. æt sumum cierrc at some time, once. [‘chare’]
±cierran (eo, i, y) (tr. and intr.) turn, change, Ps, Sat: (intr.) turn oneself, go, proceed, turn back, return, Mt; Æ: convert, be converted, CP: submit, Chr, W: make to submit, reduce. [‘chare,’ ‘i-cherre’]
+cierrednes (y) conversion, Æ: entrance, admission, RB.
±cierring (e, y) f. conversion, NC 341.
cīese = cīse
cīest, cīesð pres. 3 sg. of cēosan.
cifes (ie, e, y) f. concubine, harlot, AO. [Ger. kebse]
cifesboren adj. bastard, OEG 5042.
cifesdōm m. fornication, OEG 5042.
cifesgemāna m. fornication.
cifeshād m. fornication, WW.
+cīgednes f. calling.
+cīgendlic calling, vocative, ÆGr 232.
cīgere (ei) one who calls, DR 1941.
+cīgnes f. calling, invocation, entreaty: name, A 10·14379.
±cīgung f. calling, invocation, NC 292.
cild (y) (nap. cild, cild-ra, -ru; gp. -ra) n. ‘child,’ infant, Mt, Lcd, etc.; Æ, AO, CP: a youth of gentle birth, KC.
cildamæssedæg m. Childermas, Innocents’ Day (Dec. 28).
cildatrog = cildtrog
cildclāðas mp. swaddling-clothes.