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Chapter 17
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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.