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pād f. covering, coat, cloak, WW.

padde, pade, f. toad, frog, BC 2·377; Chr 1137. [ON. padda]

pǣca m. deceiver, Bas 40.

pǣcan to cheat, deceive.

pægel m. gill, small measure, wine vessel, WW 124 (A 8·450). [v. ‘pail’]

pǣl ?= pāl (v. OEG 19).

pæll (e) m. silk robe, cloak, ÆGr: ‘pall,’ hanging, covering, Æ: purple garment, purple, BH, WW. [L. pallium]

pællen (e) of costly stuff, purple, Æ. [‘pallen’]

pællerēad = fellerēad

pælm == palm

pæneg, pæning = pening

-pǣran v. ā-, for-p.

pærl? ‘enula,’ (‘gemmula’? Wülker), ÆGr 304.

pǣtig = (prǣtig), prættig

pæð (a) mfn. nap. paðas ‘path,’ track, Cp, Chr, Ps; Æ: valley, LkL.

pæððan to traverse, travel over, pass along, Met, Rd. [‘path’]

pāl m. ‘pole,’ stake, post, WW 334: spade. [L. palus]

palendse (AO), palentse, pal(l)ente f., pālent (Æ) m. palace. [Late L. palantium or palantia]

pālentlic belonging to a palace, palatial, WW 342.

palester = palstr

pallium m. pallium, ÆL 36. [L.]

palm (æ), palma m. ‘palm’ tree, Æ, JnL, VPs.

palm-æppel, -appel m. date, WW.

palmbearu m. palm-grove, WW 488.

palm-dæg (Æ), -sunnandæg (Lk 19) m. ‘Palm Sunday.’

palm-trēo, -trēow m. ‘palm-tree,’ Æ, Jn.

palmtwig n. palm twig, palm branch, Æ.

+palmtwigian † to deck with palm-branches.

palmwuce f. week of which Palm Sunday is the first day.

palstr, palster sb. prick, point, spike, Gl.

pandher m. panther, Pa 12.

panic m. a kind of millet, Lcd.

panmete m. cooked food, WW 409.

panne (o) f. ‘pan,’ CP, WW.

pāpa m. ‘pope,’ BH; Æ, CP. [L. papa]

pāpanhād m. papal office, Æ. [‘popehood’]

pāpdōm m. papacy, Chr.

paper m? papyrus, WW 523.

papig = popig

papolstān m. pebble, Æ. [‘pebblestone’; L. papula]

pāp-seld, -setl n. papacy, Bl 205.

paralisin ds. of sb. paralysis, ÆL.

pard m. panther. [L. pardus]

-parian v. ā-p.

part m. ‘part,’ ÆGr. [L. partem]

passion f. nap. passione the part of the gospel containing the account of Christ’s passion, OET 444.

pað = pæð

pāwa m. pāwe f. peacock, peahen, ÆGr, Ep, Lcd, WW. [‘po’; Lat. pavo]

pēa m. peafowl, Ph 312. [‘pea’]

peall? ‘defrutum’ (sc. vinum), OEG (v. ES 37·184).

peaneg = pening

pear-roc, -ruc m. ‘clatrum,’ fence with which a space is enclosed, Gl: enclosure, enclosed land, Bo, Chr, KC; ÆL. [‘parrock’]

pecg m? pig? BC 3·223 (pygg? v. SkED).

pell = pæll

pellen = pællen

pellican m. ‘pelican,’ Ps 101.

pen = penn

pending, pene(n)g, penig = pening

pening m. ‘penny,’ coin, money, Æ, Cp, Ct, G, LL (v. 2·614): pennyweight, Lcd.

pening-hwyrfere, -mangere m. money-changer, WW.

peningslæht m. coining money, MtL 17.

peningwǣg f. pennyweight, Lcd 47b.

peningweorð n. pennyworth, Lcd, KC (u); Æ.

penn m. ‘pen,’ fold, BC; Mdf. [L.]

pennig, penning = pening

pentecosten m. ‘Pentecost,’ A, Æ.

pēo = pīe

peonie f. ‘peony,’ Lcd 1·168. [L.]

peorð m. name of the rune for p, chessman? Run 38.

peose (piose, pyose) = pise

pere = peru

perewōs n. pear-juice, perry, WW 128.

perfince = perwince

pernex m. a supposed bird? (mistranslation of L. pernix), Rd 41.

per-sic, -soc, -suc m. peach. [L. persicum]

persoctrēow n. peach-tree, WW 138.

peru f. ‘pear,’ ÆGr. [L. pirum]

perwince f. ‘periwinkle’ (plant), WW.

petersilie f. ‘parsley,’ Lcd. [Ger. petersilie]

pētig = (prǣtig), prættig

peððan = pæððan

philosoph m. philosopher, AO.

pic n. ‘pitch,’ Ep, Sc; Æ. [L. picem]

pīc m. point, pointed tool, pick, pickaxe, Cp, WW. [‘pike’]

picen pitchy, of pitch.

+pīcian to cover with ‘pitch,’ Lcd 10a.

pīcung f. ‘pricking,’ Cp 572s (‘stigmata’).

pīe f. parasite, Gl.

pierisc Pierian, A 31·535.

pigment, pihment (y) drug, Lcd. [L.]

pihten part of a loom, OEG. [L. pecten]

pīl m. a pointed object, spike, nail, shaft, stake, Æ: arrow, dart, javelin: pl. hairs of plants, Lcd 1·304. [‘pile’; L. pilum]

pilce = pylece

pile = pyle

pīle f. mortar, CP. [L. pila]

pilece = pylece

pīlere m. one who pounds in a mortar, WW 141.

pīlian to pound in a mortar, WW 114.

pillsāpe f. ‘silotrum,’ soap for removing hair? WW 127 (v. ES 43·334).

+pilod piled up, Ex 16.

pīlstæf m. pestle, CP 267.

pīl-stampe f., -stocc m., pīlstre f. pestle, WW.

pīn f. pain, torment, anguish, torture. [L. poena]

pīnbēam m. pine-tree, Æ. [v. ‘pine’]

pinca = pynca

pīnecwalu m? n? torture, W 241.

pīnere m. tormentor.

pinewincle = winewincle

pingan = pyngan

pīn-hnutu f. ds. -hnyte fir-cone, Lcd. [‘pine-nut’]

±pīnian to torture, torment, AO, MtL; Æ, CP. [‘pine’; L. poena]

pinn sb. ‘pin,’ peg, A: pen. [L. penna]

pinnan obl. case of wk. sb. pinne? flask, bottle, WW 97.

pīnnes f. pain, torture, TC 369.

pinsian to weigh, consider, examine, reflect, CP. [L. pensare]

pintel ‘penis,’ WW 292. [‘pintle’]

pīntrēow n. ‘pine-tree,’ Lcd; ÆL.

pīn-trēowen, -trȳwen of or belonging to a pine-tree, Lcd.

pīnung f. torture, torment, punishment, Æ, AO.

pīnungtōl n. instrument of torture, Æ.

pionie (OEG 56) = peonie

piose = pise

pīpdrēam m. piping, Lcd 3·208.

pīpe f. ‘pipe,’ tube, Lcd; Mdf: wind instrument, W, ZDA.

pipeneale f. pimpernel.

piper = pipor

pīpere m. ‘piper,’ MtR, WW.

piperhorn m. horn for pepper, pepper-castor, LL 455.

pīpian to ‘pipe,’ (blow an instrument), NC (ZDA 34·234).

piplian (y) to show eruptions, break out in pimples, Lcd.

pīplic musical, OEG 1644.

pipor (e) m. ‘pepper,’ Æ, Lcd. [L. piper]

piporcorn n. ‘pepper-corn,’ Lcd.

piporcwyrn f. pepper mill, ANS 84·325.

±piporian, -piprian to season with ‘pepper,’ Lcd.

pirenisc Pyrrhenian, A 31·535.

pirge (Gl) = pirie

pirgrāf m. pear-orchard, KC 5·284.

pirie, pirige (Æ) f. pear-tree.

pīs heavy, NG. [L. pensum]

pise f. (eo, io, y) pea, Cp, Lcd, WW. [‘pease’]

pīsle f. warm chamber? WW 186. [Low L. pisalis]

pīslic heavy, NG. adv. -līce.

pistel == pistol

pistol m. letter, Æ: apostolic letter, Æ. [‘pistle’; L. epistola]

pistolbōc f. book of the epistles, LL. [v. ‘pistle’]

pistolclāð m. vestment worn by the epistoller, BC 3·366´.

pistolrǣdere m. epistle-reader, sub-deacon, CM 584 etc.

pistolrǣding f. a lesson in the church service, Æ. [v. ‘pistle’]

pistolrocc m. vestment worn by the epistoller, TC 429 (e).

pitt == pytt

piða wm. inward part, ‘pith,’ Bo; CP.

placunis = wlacunis

plæce f. open space, street, DR, MtLR. [‘place’; L. platea]

plæg- = pleg-

plæse, plætse = plæce

plætt m. slap, smack, ÆH 2·248.

plættan to buffet, smack, Jn 19. [‘plat’]

plagian = plegian

plante f. ‘plant,’ shoot, CP, VPs. [L. planta]

±plantian to ‘plant,’ Æ, CP, VPs.

plantsticca m. dibble, WW 106.

plantung f. ‘planting,’ WW: plant, Mt.

plaster I. n. ‘plaster’ (as medicament), DD, Lcd. [L. emplastrum]

II. = palster

plasterplatian to cover with metal plates.

+platod plated (of gold), OEG 11.

platung f. metal plate, WW 196. [v. ‘plate’]

pleagian = plegian

plega (a, æ) m. quick motion, movement, exercise, Chr, Cp (æ), Cr, Gen, WW: ‘play,’ festivity, drama, game, sport, AO, Bl; Æ: battle, B: applause.

plegan, ±plegian (a, æ, eo) (pres. occly. strong) †to move rapidly, An, Gen: exercise, occupy or busy oneself, Bo, Bl, LL: ‘play,’ sport with, amuse oneself, dance, CP, MtL: contend, fight: play on an instrument, VPs: clap the hands, applaud, El, VPs: make sport of, mock, Æ, Gen: cohabit (with), Rd 43.

plegemann = plegmann

plegende ‘playing,’ Shr.

plegere m. ‘player,’ WW 108.

plegestōw = plegstōw

plegestre f. female athlete, OEG 4735.

pleghūs n. ‘playhouse,’ theatre, OEG 1752.

plegian = plegan

pleglic (Gl) athletic: scenic: comic.

plegmann m. gymnosophist, athlete, Gl.

plegol playful, jocular, ÆL 21.

plegscip n. small vessel, WW 181.

plegscyld (e) m. play-shield, small shield, Gl.

plegstōw f. playground, gymnasium, amphitheatre, Lcd, WW. [‘playstow’]

plēo ds. of pleoh.

pleogan = plegan

pleoh n. gs. plēos danger, risk, harm, Æ, AO, CP: responsibility, LL 70[36,2].

plēolic dangerous, hurtful, hazardous, Æ, AO.

plēon (w. g.) to expose to danger, adventure oneself, CP.

plett f? fold, NG. [L. plecta]

plice v. plyccan.

plicettan? to play with, v. NC 315.

plicgan to scrape, scratch, GPH 396.

pliht m. peril, risk, danger, damage, VPs, WW; Æ. tō plihte dangerously. [plēon; ‘plight’]

plihtan to imperil, endanger, compromise, LL. [‘plight’]

plihtere m. look-out man at the prow, OEG.

plihtlic perilous, dangerous.

ploccan = pluccian

plōg, plōh m. what a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, a plough-land, Lcd. [‘plough’]

plont- = plant-

plot plot of ground, LL 400.

pluccian to ‘pluck,’ tear, Æ, Mt, WW.

plūmblǣd f. plum, Lcd 86a.

plūme f. ‘plum,’ Æ, Cp: plum-tree, Cp, Ep, Erf; Mdf.

plūmfeðer f. down, ES 9·39. [L. pluma]

plūmsēaw n. plum-juice, Lcd 3·114 (ē).

plūmslā f. wild plum, sloe, WW 139.

plūmtrēow n. plum-tree, Æ.

plyccan only in plice 2 sg. subj. (IM 122) and plyce (imperat.) (IM 127) to pluck, pull, snatch, NC 315. [‘plitch’]

plyhtlic = plihtlic

plȳme f. plum, plum-tree, Gl. [L. *prunea]

pocādl f. eruptive disease, pox, Lcd.

pocc m. ‘pock,’ blister, pustule, blain, ulcer, Lcd.

pocca (LkL) = pohha

pohha, poh(ch)a m. pocket, bag, CP, MkL. [‘pough’]

pohhede baggy, RB. [‘pough’]

pōl m. ‘pool,’ CP, JnL; Æ; Mdf.

polente? f. parched corn, Æ. [‘polenta’; L.]

pollegie f. pennyroyal, Lcd. [L. pulegium]

pollup m. scourge? (BT), LL (278).

pon- = pan-

pond = pynd

popæg (Cp) = popig

popelstān (OEG 1815) = papolstān

popig m? ‘poppy,’ Gl, WW.

por, porr, porlēac n. leek, Æ. [L. porrum]

port I. mn. ‘port,’ harbour, AO: town with a harbour, BH; Mdf. [L. portus]

II. m. portal, door, gate, entrance, MtL, Ps; Mdf. [‘port’; L. porta]

portcwēne f. prostitute, NG.

porte f. = port II.

portgeat n. city gate, Æ.

portgerēfa m. ‘port-reeve,’ mayor, Æ, LL, WW.

portgeriht n. town-due, KC 3·138.

±portian to bray (in a mortar), CP.

portic mn. portico, ‘porch,’ vestibule, sanctuary, chapel, BH, Jn; Æ. [L. porticus]

portmann m. townsman, burgess, Æ, WW. [‘portman’]

portstrǣt f. public street, Ct.

portweall m. city wall, Æ.

port-wer, -weora (= -wara) m. citizen.

±pos n. cold in head, Lcd. [‘pose’]

posa = pusa

posl, postling m. pellet, pill, Lcd.

post m. ‘post,’ Æ, WW. [L. postis]

postol m. apostle, LkR. [‘postle’]

potian to push, butt, goad, Æ, W. [‘pote’]

pott m. ‘pot,’ Lcd 1·378 (v. late).

pottere m. potter, BC 3·49´.

prætt m. nap. prattas trick, craft, art, Æ, W, ZDA. [‘prat’]

prættig (e) tricky, sly, cunning, wily, astute, WW; Æ. [‘pretty’]

prafost (o, a, e) m. officer, ‘provost’ (of a monastery), KC, MH, RB; Æ. [L. propos(i)tus]

prafostfolgoð m. order or rank of provost, RB 126.

prafostscīr f. provostship, RB 124.

pranga v. wranga.

prass m. array, pomp, Æ.

prattas v. prætt.

prēan = prēon

prēde = prȳde, prȳte

prēdicere m. preacher, ÆGr 276.

prēdician to preach, Lk 8.

prēdicung f. preaching, NC 315.

prēon m. ‘fibula,’ pin, brooch, TC, WW. [‘preen’]

prēost (ēa, ē, īo) m. ‘priest,’ presbyter, BH, LL, Mt, WW; AO, CP.

prēostgesamnung f. community of priests, NC 315.

prēosthād m. ‘priesthood,’ BH, OEG; Æ, CP.

prēosthēap m. body of priests, GD 302.

prēosthīred (ȳ) m. body of priests.

prēostlagu f. ecclesiastical law, canon law, LL 380[2,3].

prēostlic ‘priestly,’ canonical, CM 667.

prēostrēaf n. priestly garment, NC 316.

prēostregol m. canonical rule, NC 316.

prēostscȳr f. parish, LL. [‘priestshire’]

prēowthwīl f. twinkling of an eye, moment, Æ.

press f. press, A 9·263.

prica m., price f. ‘prick,’ point, spot, dot, Æ, Lcd, Mt: small portion of space or time, A, Æ.

-priccan v. ā-p.

pricel, pricels m. ‘prickle,’ goad, point, Lk, OEG: jot, tittle, MtL, LkL.

±prician tr. to pierce, Æ: intr. ‘prick,’ sting, Sc: (+) point out, A 8·324.

pricmǣlum adv. by points.

pricung f. ‘pricking,’ remorse, Æ 2·88.

prīm n? the first hour (6 a.m.): the service held at 6 a.m., ‘prime,’ WW. [L. prima (sc. hora)]

prīmsang m. prime-song, service of prime.

prince? twinkling of an eye, moment, v. OEG 2369.

prior m. ‘prior,’ TC. [L.]

prīt = prȳt

prodbor (prot-) n. auger? MtR.

profast = prafost

prōfian to assume to be, take for, LL. [L. probare]

profost = prafost

prūt ‘proud,’ arrogant, OEG, Sc.

prutene (ū?) f. southern-wood, wormwood, Lcd. [L. abrotanum]

prūtian to be ‘proud,’ NC 316.

prūtlice adv. proudly, pompously, magnificently.

prūtscipe m. arrogance, pride.

prūtswongor overburdened with pride, W 257 (v.l.).

prūtung f. pride, arrogance, OEG. [v. ‘proud’]

prȳde = prȳte

prȳdecere = prēdicere

prȳto, prȳte f. ‘pride,’ haughtiness, pomp, Æ, LL, OEG, W.

psaltere (Lcd) = saltere

psealm (WW), psalm == sealm

pūca m. goblin, OEG 23. [‘puck’]

pūcel m. goblin, GPH 394. [‘puckle’]

pucian to poke, creep, GPH 397.

pudd m. ditch, GPH 399.

puduc m. wart, GPH 396.

pull = pōl

pullian to ‘pull,’ draw, A: pluck off (wool), Lcd 3·176.

pūlsper n. reed, MtL 11 (v. A 39·364).

pumic m? pumice. [L. pumicem]

pumicstān m. pumice-stone, WW 148.

pund n. ‘pound’ (in weight or in money), pint, A, Ct, G, Lcd; Æ, AO. [L. pondo]

pundar, pundor = pundur

pundere m. one who weighs, MtL p2.

pundern n. pair of scales, OEG.

pundmǣte adj. of a pound weight, RB 63.

pundur n. weight, plumb-line, Cp 264d. [L. pondere]

pundwǣg f. pound weight, measure (of corn), LL.

pūnere m. ‘pounder,’ pestle, Sc 95.

pung m. purse, Gl.

pungetung f. pricking, Lcd. [pyngan]

±pūnian to ‘pound,’ beat, bruise, Lcd, Sc.

punt punt, WW. [L. ponto]

pūr bittern? sea-gull? WW.

purlamb n. lamb without blemish, Æ (Ex 12).

purpl, purple (JnL) = purpur

purpure f., purpur (WW 152) ‘purple,’ a purple garment, AO, Mk; CP. [L.]

purpuren purple, WW 151. [‘purpurine’]

purs ‘purse,’ OEG 18b. [late L. bursa]

pusa (o) m. bag, scrip, Æ.

puslian to pick out, Lcd 127a.

-pūte v. ǣle-p.

pūtung f. instigation, v. NC 316. [‘putting’]

pȳcan to ‘pick,’ Chr 796f?

pyff a puff of wind, BDS 24·245; ES 38·295.

pyffan, pret. pyfte to puff, blow, v. OEG 1886.

pyhment = pigment

pylce (A 7·30) = pylece

pyle (i) m. ‘pillow,’ Æ, AO, CP, Lcd. [L. pulvinum]

pylece f. a warm fur garment, robe, pelisse, WW. [‘pilch’]

pylewer pillow, OEG 56. [‘pilliver’]

pyll = pull, pōl

pylu (OEG 29), pylwe = pyle

pynca (i) m. point, OEG 3683. [pyngan]

pynd? sb. cistern? lake? Rim 49.

+pyndan to impound, shut up, CP 276. [‘pind’]

pynding f. dam, CP 276. [v. ‘pind’]

pyngan (i) to prick, CP. [‘ping’; L. pungere]

pypelian = piplian

pyretre f. pellitory, Lcd 3·12. [L. pyrethrum]

pyrie = pirie

pyrige = pirige

pyrtan to strike, beat, GPH 401.

pyse (Æ) = pise

pysecynn n. sort of pea, Lcd 71a.

pȳsian = pinsian

pȳtan to put out (eyes), Chr 796f?

pytt m. ‘pit,’ hole, well, grave, AO, Ct, G, LL; CP; Mdf: pustule. [L. puteus]

pytted ‘pitted,’ dented, marked (of a sword), EC 225.

pyttel (i) m. hawk, kite, WW.