Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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-ed

(suffix)
Grammar
-ed, used as a termination
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of pp. v. D 4, 5

hynni-laec

(n.)

ascolonium

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ascolonium, Ep. Gl. 2 d, 6

hríþeren

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Add: [v. N. E. D. rotheren.]

luh

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Add: [v. N. E. D. lough ]

sealt-fæt

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Add: [v. N. E. D. saltfat]

slífan

(v.)
Grammar
slífan, to slive.
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Add: [v. N. E. D. siive]

smicer

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Add: [v. N. E. D. smicker]

smolt

(adj.)
Grammar
smolt, adj.
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Add: [v. N. E. D. smolt]

snýting

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Add: [v. N. E. D. sniting]

Clofes hoo

(n.)
Grammar
Clofes hoo, — Clofes hó;hós; hóas; óa; hóum; m.
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Cliff, near Rochester Her sinoþ wæs æt Clofes hoo [æt Clofes hó, col. 2] in this year [A. D. 822] there was a synod at Cliff, Chr. 822; Th. 111, 14, col. l; 110, 14, col. l, 2. Æt Clofes hóum at Cliff, Th. Diplm. A. D. 803; 52, 32: A.

Linked entry: Cleofes hoo

þunor-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
þunor-wyrt, e; f.

Thunder-plant ⬩ house-leek ⬩ sempervivum tectorum

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Thunder-plant (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), house-leek; sempervivum tectorum Nime þunorwyrt, Lchdm. ii. 118, 2. [On plants that were a protection against thunder, see Grmm. D. M. pp. 167, 1147.]

berian

(v.)

to beat ⬩ berry

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to beat, berry (v. N. E. D. )

-mǽr-treów

(suffix)
Grammar
-mǽr-treów, v. gemǽr-treów under ge-mǽre; <b>II. ¶</b>
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and see N. E. D. mere-tree

pot

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Dele bracket, andsee N. E. D. pot

ræcc

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Add: [v. N. E. D. rache, ratch.]

horsc

(adj.)
Grammar
horsc, adj.
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Foul, dirty On horscum wyllan (cf. in fúle wyllan, 367, 18: contrast, tó þám fægran wille, C. D. B. iii. 352, 14), C. D. iii. 456, 16. v. horh, horu, horsc-lic, foul

æscen

(n.)
Grammar
æscen, f., m. or n.

A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle

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A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle [v. ashen; sb. in D. D.] Æscen lagena, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 8. Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene (treówene æscne, v. l.) (lignea situla ), Gr. D. 11, 21.

hlíp-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp-geat, hlípe-geat, es; n.

A leap-gate

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A leap-gate, a low gate in a fence, which can be leaped by deer, while keeping sheep from straying (N. E. D.) Ondlong geardes on ðæt hlýpgeat; of ðǽm hlýpgeate, C. D. iii. 180, 28. Tó ðám hlýpgete; of ðám hlýpgete á be wealle, 456, 8.

Gleáwceaster-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Gleáwceaster-scír, e; f.
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Gloucestershire Intó Gleáwecesterscýre,C. D. ii. 132, 30. Tó Gleáweceastrescíre (Gleáwcestrescíre, v. l. ), Chr. 1016; P. 152, 10. Tó Gleáwcestrescíre, 1038; P. 161, 18. ¶ Latin form :-- In Glocestriae schira, C. D. iv. 273, 24

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, a heel.
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Befleh ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh ( calcaneum ), Gr. D. 198, 5, 9. Fyrsnum, hóum calcibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 48. [v. N. E. D. hough.] See next word. Add

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