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brotSer, brother. 



calf, calf. 



candel, candle. L. candela. 



ceder, cedar. L. cedrus. 



ciris, cherry. L. cerasus. 



ches in cliespolh, chesbolle (poppy) is a fifteenth 

 century form. It would be cis or ceos in 

 Saxon, from which the derivative ceosel=^ 

 pebble. This word appears in Chesil Bank, 

 the great bank of pebbles by Portland, In 

 0. H. Grerman it is kis, kisil, and in mod. 

 German Rk§, ^ieSel. The name chesbolle, 

 ball of pebbly seeds, is a graphic designa- 

 tion of the poppy-head. 



cisten, chesnut : L. castanea. 



cneow, knee. 



crop, a head or bunch of flowers. 



ele, oil : from L. oleum. 



enne, onion : from L. unio. 



feld, open country. 



•fie, fig : L. ficus. 



fist; see note on p. 44, 1. 20. 



gar, spear, spear-head. 



geormen, same as eormen, an old mythic word, 

 to signify something vast and extraordinary. 

 The g sounds as y. 



gits. Perhaps a fragment of Lat. Githago. 



glof, glove. 



hafoe, hawk. 



