æl-tæw
- adjective
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Fíndest ðú æltæwe hǽlo
thou shall find perfect healing.
- Herb. 1, 29; Lchdm, i. 80, 7 ;
- MS. B.
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Næfþ nó æltæwne ende
has no good end,
- Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 29 .
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Full æltæwe geboren
born quite [full] sound or healthy,
- 38, 5; Fox 206, 22 .
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Oððe ǽnig þing ǽr wǽre oððe æltæwre
if anything were before or more excellent,
- Bt. 34, 2; Fox 136, 8 .
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Ealle ða æltæwestan ofslógen
they slew all the best men,
- Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 16 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “æl-tæw.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/643.
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