cáf [] adj quick, sharp, active, prompt, nimble, swift; strenuous, strong; bold, brave; adv ~e quickly, promptly; [derived from cífan]

cáfertún [] m (-es/-as) a hall, inclosure, court, vestibule

cáflic [] adj bold; adv ~líce quickly, promptly, vigorously; boldly, stoutly, manfully, valiantly

cáfnes [] f (-se/-sa) alacrity, promptness, energy

cafortún [] m (-es/-as) vestibule, court, courtyard; hall, residence, enclosure

cáfscipe [] m (-es/-as) alacrity, energy, promptness, quickness, boldness

cahhetan see ceahhetan

cál see cawl, cawel

calan [] sv/i6 3^rd pres cælþ past cól/on ptp gecalen to grow cool or cold, to be or become cool or cold

calc [] 1. m (-es/-as) shoe, little shoe, sandal [L calceus, sandalium]; 2. see cealc

calcatrippe see coltetræppe

calcrand [] adj shod (of horses), with shielding shoe

calcrond see calcrand

cald see ceald

Caldisc [] adj Chaldean

cálend [] m (-es/-as) 1. a month; 1a. the beginning of a month; 2. ² the appointed time or day of life, span of line

cálendcwide [] m (-es/-as) tale of days

calf see cealf

calfur nom, acc pl of cealf

calian see calan

calic [] m (-es/-as) a cup, chalice, goblet [L]

calla see hilde~

calu [] adj callow, bare, bald [calw-, calew- in oblique cases]; (1) of persons, bald; (2) of plants, trees, bare;

calwa [] m (-n/-n) a disease which causes baldness, the mange

calwer see cealer

calwerclím [] ? (-?/-?) curds?

calwere [] m? (-es/-as), n? (-es/-u) a bald place on the top of the head, a skull, place of skulls, place for burial

calerclympe [] ? (-?/-?) curds?

cáma [] m (-n/-n) muzzle, collar, bit [L]

camb [] m (-es/-as) 1. a comb for cleaning hair, wool, flax, etc., comb for the hair; 2. comb, crest, the crest of a cock, the crest or top of a helmet, etc.; 3. honeycomb

camb [] f (-e/-a) a comb, honeycomb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey

cambiht [] adj combed, crested, having a crest

cambol see cumbol

camel [] m (camles/camlas) camel

cammoc [] n (-es/-)?, m (-es/-as)? cammock, rest-harrow, kex, an umbeliferous plant, brimstone wort, hog’s fennel, cow weed, cow parsley, sulphurwort; [peucedanum officinale]

camp [] m (-es/-as) a bond, fetter, chain

camp [] m (-es/-as) 1. a contest, war, battle; ic ne gíeme þæs campes I care not for the contest; 2. combat, struggle, warfare;

camp [] m (-es/-as) a field, plain?; [L campus]

campdóm [] m (-es/-as) military service, warfare

campealdor [] m (-ealdres/-ealdras) commander, captain

campgeféra [] m (-n/-n) a fellow-soldier, comrade-in-arms

camphád [] m (-a/-a) warfare

campian¹ [] wv/t2 3^rd pres campaþ past campode ptp gecampod to strive, fight, contend against; (1) to fight for, (a) w.d.; þá þe campiaþ cyninge eorþlicum those who fight against the earthly king; (b) w. for; tó campienne for Crístes geléafan to fight for Christ’s faith; (2) to fight with, serve with; ne campode mid þǽm cásere he did not fight with the emperor; (3) to fight with, against (wiþ, ongéan), (a) w.d.; hé wiþ þǽm gástum campode he fought with the ghosts; (b) w.a.; campian wiþ leahtras to fight against errors;

camplic [] adj military

camprǽden [] f (-ne/-na) war, warfare, state or condition of contest, contest

campstede² [] m (-es/-as) battlefield, the place of battle

campung [] f (-e/-a) fighting, warfare, contest

campwǽpen [] n (-wǽpnes/-) weapon, a battle weapon, military weapon

campwerod [] n (-es/-) army, host, warriors, soldiers, fighting-men

campwíg [] n (-es/-) battle, combat

campwísa [] m (-n/-n) a director of public games, a superintendent of public games

campwudu [] m (-a/-a) war-wood, shield

can pres 1^st, 3^rd sing of cunnan

Cananisc [] adj of Canaan

Cananéisc [] adj Canaanitish, of Canaan

canc¹ [] n (-es/-) jeering, scorn, derision

canceler [] m (-es/-as) chancellor [Low L cancellarium]; a kind of porter, door-keeper; a secretary

cancer [] m (-es/-as) 1. a cancer, an eating or spreading disease; [L]; 2. a crab; [L]

cancerádl [] f (-e/-a) cancer, a cancer-disease, a canker

cancerhæbern [] n (-es/-) a crab-hole; [ærn]

cancerwund [] f (-e/-a) cancerous wound, the wound made by cancer

cancettan [] wv/t1b 3^rd pres canceteþ past cancette ptp gecancetted to cry out, chatter, mock, deride, to laugh aloud or in a cackling manner

cancettung [] f (-e/-a) boisterous laughter, a laughing in a cackling manner

cancor see cancer

candel [] f (-le/-la), n (-es/-) lamp, lantern, candle [L candela]

candelbora [] m (-n/-n) acolyte, candle-bearer, a subdeacon, a clerk

candelbryd [] n (-es/-u) flat candlestick [=~bred?]

candelléoht [] n (-es/-) candle-light

Candelmæsse [] f (-an/-an) Candlemas, the feast of the Purification; [the feast of the Purification, which, in the Romish church, is celebrated with many lighted candles, celebrated February 2^nd]

Candelmæsseǽfen [] m (-ǽfnes/-ǽfnas) Candlemas eve

Candelmæssedæg [] m (-es/-dagas) Candlemas day

candelsnýtels [] m (-es/-as) candle-snuffers

candelstæf [] m (-es/-stafas) candlestick, candle-staff

candelsticca [] m (-n/-n) candlestick

candeltréow [] n (-es/-) candelabrum, a candlestick with branches, a candlestick

candeltwist [] m (-es/-as) a pair of snuffers

candelwéoce [] f (-an/-an) candle-wick, torch

candelwyrt [] f (-e/-e) candlewort, hedge-taper, mullein; [lucernaria, phlomos]

cann [] 1. f (-e/-a) a knowledge, cognizance, averment or positive assertion, asseveration, clearance; 2. ¹ pres 3^rd sing of cunnan

canne [] f (-an/-an) can, cup

cannon [] noun pl reed, cane [L canna]

canon [] m (-es/-as) canon, rule; ~es bóc the book of the canon; ~es béc canonical books [L canon]

canonbóc [] f (-béc/béc) a book of canons

canondóm [] m (-es/-as) a canonship, office of a canon

canonic [] 1. m (-es/-as) canon, prebendary; 2. adj canonical

canoniclic [] adj canonical

cans = canst, pres 2^nd sing of cunnan

cantel [] m? (cantles/cantlas), n? (cantles/-) buttress, support, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter

cantelcáp [] m (-es/-as) cope, a cantle-cope, a sort of priest’s garment

cantercæppe [] f (-an/-an) cope (vestment)

cantere [] m (-es/-as) singer, one who sings the psalms in church

canterstæf [] m (-es/-stafas) chanter’s staff, a staff used by a cantor

cantic [] m (-es/-as) canticle, song [L]

canticsang [] m (-es/-as) canticle, song [L]

Cantwara burg [] f (-byrg/-byrg) a city or fortress of the men of Kent; 1. Canterbury; 2. Rochester

Cantwara mǽgþ [] f (-e/-a) the county of Kent, men of Kent

Cantwarburg [] f (-byrg/-byrg) a city or fortress of the men of Kent; 1. Canterbury; 2. Rochester

Cantware [] m pl Kentish men, inhabitants of Kent; gen Cantwara; dat Cantwarum

Cantwaru [] f (-e/-a) the people of Kent

cáp see cantel~

capellan [] m (-es/-as) chaplain [L capellanus]; [also capelein]

capian [] wv/t2 to look; úp ~ to look up, lie on the back (said of the moon); capiende supinus

capiende [] adj backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine; Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde (poet.): that can be read backwards in the same metre; Sloping, inclined; undulating; Stretched out, extended; of the mind: Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine; With head thrown back, haughty, proud; the gerund [supinus]

capitel see capitol

capitelhús [] n (-es/-) chapter-house

capitol [] m (-es/-as) 1. in connection with books, (1) a chapter (division of a book); (2) a short passage from Scripture, (a) a lesson; (b) an anthem; 2. a chapter, meeting of ecclesiastica; 2a. chapter (cathedral or monastic);

capitolhús [] n (-es/-) a chapter-house

capitolmæsse [] f (-an/-an) an early or morning mass, first mass

capitul see capitol

capitula see capitol

cappa see cæppe

Cappadonisc [] adj Cappadocian

capún [] m (-es/-as) capon [L capónem]

car [] adj sorrowful, anxious, solicitous

cara see cearu

carbunculus [] m (-es/-as) carbuncle [L]

carcærn [] n (-es/-) prison, jail, house of correction [L carcer]

carcern [] n (-es/-) prison, jail, house of correction [L carcer]

carcernþéostru [] f (-e/-a) prison darkness, the darkness of the prison

carcernweard [] m (-es/-as) a prison-warder, jailor

carcian see be~

cárclife see gárclife

care- see car-

Carendre [] f (-an/-an) a province in Germany, now the duchy of Carinthia or Kärnthen, a province of Austria;

carful [] adj careful, anxious, curious; 1. of persons, (1) filled with anxiety, anxious, troubled, sad; þu eart carful and bysig ymbe fela þing thou art careful and troubled about many things; (2) careful, attentive, attentive to the interests of, solicitous for; hú abbod carful béon sceal ymbe þá dǽdbétendan how an abbot must be solicitous for the the penitent; (3) careful, painstaking, applying care to what one does, heedful; hwæðer hé carful síe tó godcundum weorce if he be careful to godly work; 2. of things, (1) fraught or attended with anxiety, troublesome; carfull behýdnes troublesome secret place; (2) showing care for or attention to a person’s interests; mid carfulre þegnunge with caring service; (3) careful, heedful; mid carfulre gíemene with heedful care;

carfullíce [] adv carefully, diligently; [caru, -ful, -líce]

carfulnes [] f (-se/-sa) 1. care, anxiety; 2. a charge, cure of souls; 3. care, solicitude; 4. carefulness; 5. curiousness, curiosity

cargást [] m (-es/-as) sad spirit, devil, spirit