+cōplic proper, fitting. adv. -līce.
copp I. m. top, summit, HGl. [‘cop’]
II. m. cup, NG. [‘cop’]
-coppe v. ātor-c.
copped polled, lopped, pollard, Ct.
corcīð m. increase? choice growth? Lcd 3·2129 (v. A 31·56).
cordewānere m. ‘cordwainer,’ shoemaker, EC. [OFr.]
±coren (pp. of cēosan) chosen, elect, choice, fit, Æ: precious, dear.
corenbēg m. crown, A 9·172. [L. corona]
±corenes f. choice, election: (+) goodness.
+corenlic elegant. adv. -līce, WW.
±corenscipe m. election, excellence.
corn n. ‘corn,’ grain, Chr, CP; Æ, AO: seed, berry, CP, Jn, Lcd; Æ: a corn-like pimple, corn.
cornæsceda fp. chaff, WW 1181.
cornappla np. pomegranates, OEG.
corn-bǣre, -berende corn-bearing.
corngebrot n. corn dropped in carrying to barn, LL 451[17].
corngesǣlig rich in corn, Lcd.
corngesceot n. payment in corn, Ct.
cornhūs n. granary, WW 18528.
cornhwicce f. corn-bin, Æ.
cornlād f. leading of corn, LL 453[21,4].
cornsǣd n. a grain of corn, GD 2531.
corntēoðung f. tithe of corn, W.
corntrēow n. cornel-tree, WW.
corntrog m. corn-bin, WW 1071.
cornwurma m. scarlet dye, Gl.
corōna m. crown. [L.]
+corōnian to crown, PPs 513.
corsnǣd f. piece of consecrated bread which an accused person swallowed as a test of innocence, LL.
corðor †, corðer † fn. troop, band, multitude, throng, retinue: pomp.
corwurma = cornwurma
cos = coss
cosp m. fetter, bond, Bo. [‘cops’]
+cospende, +cosped fettered, LPs.
coss m. ‘kiss,’ embrace, Æ, Lk, WW.
cossetung f. kissing, NG.
cossian to ‘kiss,’ Æ.
cost I. m. option, choice, possibility: manner, way, DR: condition. ðæs costes ðe on condition that. [‘cost’; v. NC 341]
II. (±) †tried, chosen, excellent. [cēosan]
III. m? costmary, tansy, Lcd. [‘cost’]
costere I. m? spade, shovel, WW 10618.
±costian (w. g. or a., also intr.) to tempt, try, prove, examine, AO, CP. [Ger. kosten]
costigend m. tempter.
costnere m. tempter, Æ.
+costnes f. proving, temptation, trial, BH 21810.
costnian = costian
costnigend = costigend
costnungstōw f. place of temptation.
±costung, costnung f. temptation, testing, trial, tribulation, Mt; Æ, CP. [‘costnung’]
cot (AO) n. (nap. cotu); cote f. ‘cot,’ cottage, bedchamber, den, AO, Lk, Mt; Mdf.
cotesetla = cotsetla
cotlīf n. hamlet, village, manor, Chr: dwelling. [‘cotlif’]
cotsetla m. cottager, LL. [‘cotsetla’]
cott = cot
cottuc, cotuc m. mallow, Gl.
coðig diseased.
coðlīce ill, miserably, Met 2536.
cōðon (AO) = cūðon pret. pl. of cunnan.
coðu f. disease, sickness, Æ, Chr, Lcd. [‘cothe’]
+cow n. thing to be chewed, food, NC 292.
crā n? croaking, WW 20810.
crabba m. ‘crab,’ WW: Cancer (sign of the zodiac), Lcd.
cracelung? ‘crepacula,’ OEG 56249.
cracian to resound, ‘crack,’ Ps.
cradol, cradel m. ‘cradle,’ cot, WW.
cradolcild n. child in the cradle, infant, W 15814.
crǣ = crāwe
crǣcettan to croak, GD 11825. [crā]
crǣcetung f. croaking.
cræf- = craf-
cræft m. physical strength, might, courage, A, AO, Sol: science, skill, art, ability, talent, virtue, excellence, Bo; Æ, CP: trade, handicraft, calling, BH, CP, RB; Æ: work or product of art, Hex: trick, fraud, deceit, Bl: machine, instrument. [‘craft’]
cræfta = cræftiga
±cræftan to exercise a craft, build: bring about, contrive, Æ.
cræftelīce = cræftlīce
+cræftgian to strengthen, render powerful, AO.
cræftglēaw skilful, wise, †Chr 975.
cræf-t(i)ca, -t(e)ga = cræftiga
cræftig strong, powerful, AO: skilful, cunning, ingenious, Bl: learned, instructive, A 8·321: knowing a craft, scientific: virtuous. [‘crafty’]
cræftiga m. craftsman, artificer, workman, architect, Æ, CP.
cræftiglīce skilfully.
cræftlēas artless, unskilful.
cræftlic artificial, A 8·317: skilful. adv. -līce.
cræftwyrc n. clever workmanship.
cræt n. nap. cratu, creatu cart, waggon, chariot, Æ.
crætehors n. cart-horse, WW 10824.
crætwǣn m. chariot, AO.
crætwīsa m. charioteer, ÆL 18295.
crafian (æ) to ‘crave,’ ask, implore, demand, Chr, LL: summon, Lcd.
crafing (æ) f. claim, demand, TC 644.
±crammian to ‘cram,’ stuff, ÆGr.
crammingpohha m. ‘viscarium,’ NC.
crampul m. crane-pool. [= cran, pōl]
cran m. ‘crane,’ WW.
crancstæf m. weaving implement, crank, LL 455[15].
cranic m. record, chronicle. [L.]
cranicwrītere m. chronicler, OEG 724.
cranoc m. crane. [Ger. kranich]
crās f. food, dainty, Nar 1114.
cratu v. cræt.
crāwa m., crāwe f. ‘crow,’ raven, Gl, Ps.
±crāwan7 to ‘crow,’ Mt; CP.
crāwan-lēac (crāw-) n. crow-garlic.
crēac- = crēc-
creaft- = cræft-
crēap pret. 3 sg, of crēopan.
crēas fine, elegant, NC 277.
crēaslic dainty, rich. v. NC 277.
crēasnes f. elegance: presumption, elation, OEG 1108.
creat = cræt
Crēcas mp. the ‘Greeks,’ AO, BH.
Crēce = Crēcas
Crēcisc Grecian, Greek, AO.
crēda m. creed, belief, confession of faith, Æ. [L. credo]
credic? a bowl, OEG 293.
creft (AS) == cræft
crencestre f. female weaver, spinster. [cranc]
±crēopan2 (occly. refl.) to creep, crawl, Æ, Bo; AO, CP.
creopel = crypel
crēopere m. cripple. [‘creeper’]
crēopung f. ‘creeping,’ Gl.
crepel = crypel
cressa m. (Gl), cresse f. = cærse
cribb (y) f. ‘crib,’ stall, Cr 1426.
cricc = crycc
crīgan? to bubble up. v. OEG 7·101.
±crimman3 to cram, put in, insert: crumble.
crinc ‘cothurnus,’ ZDA 33·2502.
cring (gr-) downfall, slaughter. El 115.
±cringan3 to yield, fall (in battle), die.
cringwracu (gr-) f. torment, Jul 265.
crippan = cryppan
crīpð pres. 3 sg of crēopan.
crisma m. chrism, holy oil: chrisome-cloth: anointing.
crismal m? n? chrismale, W 3617.
crismhālgung f. consecration of the chrism.
crismlīsing (ȳ2) f. chrism-loosing, loosing of the chrismale, confirmation, Chr.
crisp (BH) = cirps [‘crisp’]
Crīst m. anointed one, Christ, Æ, CP.
cristalla m. crystal, Æ.
cristallisc of crystal, A 4·143.
crīstelmǣl = crīstesmǣl
crīstelmǣlbēam m. tree surmounted by a cross? upright shaft of a cross? EC 385´.
crīsten ‘Christian,’ AO, BH; Æ. ðā crīstnan = the English as opposed to the Danes, Chr 894.
crīsten m. crīst(e)na f. ‘Christian,’ AO.
crīstendōm m. ‘Christendom,’ the church, Christianity, AO; Æ.
crīstenlic Christian, DR.
crīstenmann m. a Christian, MH 17025.
crīstennes f. Christianity: Christian baptism, LL 412[1]; 413[13a].
crīstes-mǣl (Chr), -mēl mn. (Christ’s mark), the cross. wyrcan c. to make the sign of the cross.
crīstlic Christian, LL.
crīstmæsse f. Christmas, Chr 1021d.
crīstna = crīsten
crīstnere m. catechist.
crīstnes = crīstennes
±crīstnian to anoint with chrism (as a catechumen), ‘christen,’ baptize, catechize, BH.
crīstnung f. christening, anointing with chrism or holy oil, W 3316.
crīð = crīgeð (v. crīgan)?
crocc f., crocca m. ‘crock,’ pot, vessel, Lcd.
crocchwer? m. earthen pot, OEG 4672.
crōced = crōged
+crōcod crooked, bent, NC 292.
crocsceard n. potsherd, Æ.
crocwyrhta m. potter, ÆGr.
+crod n. crowd, throng.
croft m. croft, small field.
crōg m. crock, pitcher, vessel, Gl.
crōgcynn n. kind of vessel, wine-jar, WW 21039.
+crōged (ōc) ‘croceus, coccineus,’ OEG 5204.
croh m. saffron.
crōh I. m. shoot, twig, tendril.
crohha = crocca
croma = cruma
crompeht ‘placenta,’ a flat cake, ES 42·174; A 37·48.
crong = crang, pret. 3 sg. of cringan.
crop = cropp
crop-lēac, -lēc n. garlic.
cropp, croppa m. cluster, bunch: sprout, flower, berry, ear of corn, Ep, LkL, WW: ‘crop’ (of a bird), Æ: kidney; pebble.
croppiht clustered, Lcd 38b.
crūc m. cross, Lcd, LV 74. [‘crouch’]
crūce f. pot, pitcher, Gl.
crucethūs n. torture-chamber, Chr 1137.
crūdan2 † to press, hasten, drive.
cruft m? crufte f. crypt. [L.]
cruma (o) m. ‘crumb,’ fragment, Mt, WW.
crumb, crump crooked, bent, stooping, Gl. [‘crump’; Ger. krumm]
crumen (crumm-) pp. of crimman.
crundel mn. ravine, Mdf.
crūse f? cruse, A 37·50.
crūsene, crūsne f. fur coat, Gl. [cp. Ger. kürschner]
crybb = cribb
crycc f. ‘crutch,’ staff, BH; Æ.
cryccen made of clay, GPH 398.
crymbing f. curvature, bend, inclination, WW 3822. [crumb]
+crymian, +crymman (tr.) to crumble.
+crympan to curl.
crypel I. m. ‘cripple,’ LkL.
II. crippled.
III. m. narrow passage, burrow, drain, OEG; v. Mdf.
crypelgeat n. narrow opening in a wall or fence? BC 2·3991.
crypelnes f. paralysis.
crȳpeð, crȳpð pres. 3 sg. of crēopan.
±cryppan to crook (finger), close (hand), bend.
cryps = cirps
crysm- = crism-
crȳt = crȳdeð pres. 3 sg. of crūdan.
cū f. gs. cū(e), cȳ, cūs; ds. cȳ; nap. cȳ, cȳe; gp. cū(n)a, cȳna; dp. cūm; ‘cow,’ Æ, Lk, VPs; Mdf.
cūbȳre m. cow-byre, cow-shed, Ct.
cūcealf (æ) n. calf, Erf, LL. [‘cowcalf’]
cuceler, cuce(le)re = cucler(e)
cucelere ‘capo,’ WW 38025.
cucler, cuculer, cuclere m. spoon, spoonful. [cp. L. cochlear]
cuclermǣl n. spoonful, Lcd.
cucurbite f. gourd, Lcd 92a. [L.]
cudele f. cuttlefish, WW 1817.
cudu (Æ) = cwudu
cūēage f. eye of a cow, LL 116bn.
cueðan = cweðan
cufel f. ‘cowl,’ hood (v. NED 2 p. viii).
cūfel = cȳfl
cugle, cug(e)le, cuhle f. cap, ‘cowl,’ hood, head-covering, RB (v. ‘cowl’).
cūhorn m. cow’s horn, LL 116.
cūhyrde m. cowherd.
cūle = cugle
culfer, cul(e)fre f. ‘culver,’ pigeon, dove, Gen, VPs, WW.
culmille f. small centaury, Lcd 22a.
culpan as. of *culpa? m. or *culpe? f. fault, sin, Cr 177.
culpian to humble oneself, cringe, Bo 7124.
culter m. ‘coulter,’ WW: dagger, knife, WW. [L. culter]
culufre = culfre
cūm v. cū.
cuma mf. stranger, guest, Æ, AO, CP. cumena hūs, inn, wīcung inn, guestchamber.
cuman4 to ‘come,’ approach, get to, attain, Lk, VPs; Æ, AO, CP. c. ūp land, be born: (±) go, depart, Æ, AO: come to oneself, recover: become: happen (also c. forð): put: (+)come together, arrive, assemble, Æ: (†) w. inf. of verbs of motion, forming a sort of periphrastic conjugation for such verbs. cōm gangan he came. cōm swimman he swam, etc.
cumb I. m. valley, BC; Mdf. [‘coomb’]
II. m. liquid measure, BC. [v. ‘comb’]
cumbelgehnād = cumbolgehnāst
cumbol † n. sign, standard, banner.
cumbolgebrec ‡, -gehnāst ‡ n. crash of banners, battle.
cumbolhaga m. compact rank, phalanx, Jul 395.
cumbolhete m. warlike hate, Jul 637.
cumbolwīga † m. warrior.
cumendre f. godmother. [*cumædre A 37·52]
cūmeoluc f. cow’s milk, Lcd 15a.
Cumere? -eras? np. Cumbrians, Æ.
cumfeorm f. entertainment for travellers, Ct. [cuma, feorm]
cū-micge f. -migoða m. cow’s urine, Lcd.
cuml = cumbl
cumlīðian to be a guest.
cumlīðnes f. hospitality, Æ: sojourn as guest.
cummāse f. a kind of bird, ‘parra,’ WW 26019.
cumpæder m. godfather, Chr 894a. [L. compater]
cumul, cuml n. swelling, Lcd 1·60.
cūna v. cū.
-cund adjectival suffix denoting derivation, origin or likeness. (-kind) as in deofol-cund, god-cund.
cuneglæsse f. hound’s tongue, Lcd 41b. [L. cynoglossum]
cunele, cunelle, cunille f. wild thyme. [Ger. quendel]
cuning = cyning
±cunnan pres. 1 and 3 sg. can(n), pl. cunnon; pret. cūðe, pp. cūð swv. to be or become acquainted with, be thoroughly conversant with, know, AO, B, Lcd; CP, Æ: know how to, have power to, be able to, can, Æ, CP: express (thanks), Chr 1092. [‘can,’ ‘con’]
cunnere m. tempter, NG.
±cunnian (w. g. or a.) to search into, try, test, seek for, explore, investigate, B, Bo, Sol; Æ, CP: experience: have experience of, to make trial of. [‘cun’]
cunnung f. knowledge: trial, probation, experience.
cuopel f? small boat, MtL. [‘coble’]
cuppe f. ‘cup,’ Lcd, WW; Æ.
curmealle (e, i) f. centaury.
curnstān = cweornstān
curs m. malediction, ‘curse,’ Ct, LL, Sc.
cursian I. to ‘curse,’ Ps.
II. to plait? MkR 1517.
cursumbor incense, MtL 211.
cursung f. ‘cursing,’ damnation, LkL: place of torment, MtL.
cūs v. cū.
cūsc chaste, modest, virtuous, Gen 618. [Ger. keusch]
cūscote (eo, u) f. ‘cushat’ dove, wood-pigeon, Gl.
cūself f. cow’s fat, suet, GPH 392. [sealf]
cū-sloppe, -slyppe f. ‘cowslip,’ Lcd, WW.
cūsnes = cīsnes
cūtægl m. tail of a cow, LL 169[59b].
cūð known, plain, manifest, certain, Da, Ps, Rd; Æ, AO, CP: well known, usual: noted, excellent, famous, Ex: intimate, familiar, friendly, related. [‘couth’]
cūða m. acquaintance, relative, CP.
cūðe I. clearly, plainly. [‘couth’]
cūðelic = cūðlic
cūðian to become known.
cūðice = cūðlīce
±cūðlǣcan to make known: make friends with, ÆL.
cūðlic known, certain, evident. adv. -līce clearly, evidently, certainly, openly, BH; CP, Æ: familiarly, kindly, affably, An, BH; Æ: therefore, to be sure, hence.
cūðnes f. acquaintance, knowledge.
cūðnoma m. surname, NG.
cūwearm warm from the cow (milk), Lcd 126a.
cwacian to ‘quake,’ tremble, chatter (of teeth), Æ, AO, Cr, LkL, VPs.
cwacung f. ‘quaking,’ trembling, Æ, VPs; AO.
cwæc- = cwac-
cwæl pret. 3 sg., cwǣlon pret. pl., of cwelan.
cwæl- = cwal-, cwiel-, cwil-
cwǣman = cwēman
cwǣn = cwēn
cwærtern = cweartern
cwal- = cweal-
cwalstōw (LL 556[10,2]) = cwealmstōw
cwalu f. killing, murder, violent death, destruction, Æ, CP. [cwelan]
cwānian † (tr. and intr.) to lament, bewail, deplore, mourn. [Goth. kwainon]
cwānig sad, sorrowful, El 377.
cwānung f. lamentation, NC 279.
cwartern = cweartern
cwatern the number four at dice, Gl. [L.]
cwēad n. dung, dirt, filth. [Ger. kot]
cwealm (e) mn. death, murder, slaughter: torment, pain: plague, pestilence, ÆH; AO. [‘qualm’; cwelan]
+cwealmbǣran to torture.
cwealmbǣre deadly, murderous, bloodthirsty, Æ.
cwealmbǣrnes (e) f. mortality, destruction, ruin, Æ.
cwealmbealu n. death, B 1940.
cwealmberendlic (y1) pestilent, deadly, NC 279.
cwealmcuma m. death-bringer, B 792.
cwealmdrēor m. blood shed in death, Gen 985.
+cwealmful (y1) pernicious, HGl 428.
cwealmnes f. pain, torment, BH.
cwealmstede m. death-place.
cwealmstōw f. place of execution, BH 386 (b).
cwealmðrēa m. deadly terror, Gen 2507.
cwearn = cweornstān
cweartern (a, æ, e) n. prison, Æ.
cwearternlic of a prison.
±cweccan to shake, swing, move, vibrate, Mt, VPs; Æ. [‘quetch’; cwacian]
cweccung f. moving, shaking, wagging.
cwecesand m. quicksand, WW 3576.
+cwed n. declaration, WW 42322.
cweddian = cwiddian
cwedel = cwedol
+cwedfæsten f. appointed fast, A 11·99; ES 43·162.
+cwednes f. name, HGl 441.
cwedol talkative, eloquent.
+cwedrǣden (i, y) f. agreement, AO: conspiracy.
+cwedrædnes (y) f. agreement, covenant, NC 292.
+cwedstōw f. appointed place, place of meeting, GD 1837.
cwelan4 to die, Æ, CP.
cweldeht corrupted, mortified, Lcd 47b. [= *cwildeht]
cwelderǣde (æ1)? evening rider? bat, Shr 298. [ON. kveld]
±cwellan to kill, murder, execute, CP; Æ, AO. [‘quell’]
cwellend m. killer, slayer, GPH 400.
cwellere m. murderer, executioner, BH, Mk; Æ. [‘queller’]
cwelm = cwealm (but v. MFH 106), cwielm-
±cwēman (w. d.) to gratify, please, satisfy, propitiate, Æ, AO, CP: comply with, be obedient to, serve. [‘queme’; ‘i-queme’]
±cwēme pleasant, agreeable, acceptable, NG, WG. [‘i-queme’]
cwēme- = cwēm-
cwēmed- = cwēm-
±cwēming f. pleasing, satisfaction, complaisance, CP.
cwēmlic pleasing, satisfying, DR. adv. -līce graciously, kindly, humbly.
±cwēmnes f. pleasure, satisfaction, mitigation.
cwēn (ǣ) f. woman, Sc; Æ: wife, consort, AO, Chr, Gen: ‘queen,’ empress, royal princess, Æ, AO, Chr, Cr, VPs. [Goth. kwēns]
cwene f. woman, Rd, W: female serf, ‘quean,’ prostitute, AO. [Goth. kwinō]
cwenfugol hen-bird.
cwēnhirde m. eunuch, MtL 1912.
cwēnlic womanly? queenly? B 1940.
cweodu = cwudu
cweorn f. ‘quern,’ handmill, mill, MtL; CP.
cweornbill ‘lapidaria,’ a stone chisel for dressing querns (BT), WW 43818.
cweornburna m. mill-stream, Ct.
cweorne = cweorn
cweornstān m. mill-stone, Mt. [‘quernstone’]
cweorntēð mp. molars, grinders, Gl.
-cweorra v. mete-c.
-cweorran v. ā-c.
cweorð name of the rune for cw (q).
cwern (NG) == cweorn
cwertern = cweartern
±cweðan6 to say, speak, name, call, proclaim, summon, declare, Bl, VPs; Æ, AO, CP: (+) order, give orders: ± c. (tō) agree, settle, resolve: (+) consider, regard, ÆL 1117. c. on hwone assign to one. cwyst ðū lā sayest thou? ‘numquid.’ cweðe gē think you? [‘quethe’]
cwic [cuc, cucu (this last form is archaic, and has an occasional asm. cucone, cucune)] ‘quick,’ living, alive, BH, Bl, Bo, CP, Lcd; AO.
cwicǣht f. live stock, LL 60[18,1].
cwicbēam m. aspen, juniper, Gl, Lcd. [‘quick-beam’]
cwicbeamen of aspen, Lcd.
cwicbēamrind f. aspen bark, Lcd.
cwiccliende moving rapidly? tottering? OEG 2234.
cwice fm. ‘couch’ (‘quitch’)-grass, Gl, Lcd.
cwicfȳr n. sulphur, LkR 1729.
cwichrērende living and moving, Creat 5.
±cwician to quicken, create, JnL: come to life, come to one’s self, Æ, Lcd. [‘quick’]
cwiclāc n. a living sacrifice, NG.
cwiclic living, vital, DR. adv. -līce vigorously.
cwiclifigende † living.
cwicrind = cwicbēamrind
cwicseolfor n. ‘quicksilver,’ Lcd.
cwicsūsl nf. hell torment, punishment, torture, Æ.
cwicsūslen purgatorial, ApT 26.
cwictrēow n. aspen, WW.
+cwicung f. restoration to life, GD 21817.
cwicwelle living (of water), JnR.
cwid- = cwed-, cwud-
cwidbōc f. Book of Proverbs, CP: book of homilies, MF (Vesp. D xiv).
cwiddian (e, y) to talk, speak, say, discuss, report: make a claim against, LL 400[3,1].
cwiddung (y) f. speech, saying, report, Æ.
cwide (y) m. speech, saying, word, sentence, phrase, proverb, argument, proposal, discourse, homily, Bo; Æ, CP: testament, will, enactment, decree, decision, judgment, TC; Æ. [‘quide’; cweðan]
+cwide n. sentence, decree, fate.
cwidegiedd (i) n. speech, song, Wa 55.
cwidelēas speechless, Æ (y): intestate, EC 212.
cwielman (æ, e, i, y) to torment, afflict, mortify, destroy, kill, Bl, VPs; AO, CP. [‘quelm’] For compounds v. cwylm-.
cwiferlīce zealously, RB 1222.
cwild (y) mfn. destruction, death, pestilence, murrain. [cwelan]
cwildbǣre deadly, dangerous, pestiferous. adv. -bǣrlīce.
cwildberendlic (y) deadly, NC 279.
cwildeflōd nm. deluge, CPs 2810.
±cwildful (y) deadly, OEG.
cwildrōf deadly, savage, Ex 166.