Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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of-cyrf

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Ben. I. 60, 2. Seó ród is wíde tódǽled mid gelómlicum ofcyrfum tó lande gehwilcum, Hml. S. 27, 144. Add

ǽht-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽht-boren, adj.

Slave-born.

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Ben. 138, 20

horn-bláwere

(n.)
Grammar
horn-bláwere, es; m.

A horn-blower, trumpeter ⬩ tubicen, cornicen

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Ðǽr mihte wel bén ábúton twenti óðer þritte hornblaweres, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 36

Linked entry: bláwere

á-hirdan

(v.)
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Ben. 10, 2. Ðæt yfel hiora unrihtwísnesse hié hæfð ðonne git áhirde (-hierde, Hatt. MS.) quos malitia suae impietatis exasperat, Past. 362, 20

Linked entries: á-heardian á-hyrdan

dǽl-nimung

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Ben. I. 56, 8; 77, 13

decan

(n.)
Grammar
decan, decanon, es; m.
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Ben. 125, 8. Cf. teóþung-ealdor

Linked entry: decanon

ge-húsa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-húsa, a domestic, one of a household.
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Ben. 83, l. Hiore gehúsan domesticis suis Kent. Gl. 1138. Gehúse his domesticos ejus Mt. L. 10, 25. Add

Linked entry: húsa

ofer-ild

Grammar
ofer-ild, ofer-ildu, ofer-ildo.
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Ben. 115, 11. Add

sceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceádlíce, adv.

Reasonably, rationally

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Ben. 109, 8

for-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
for-beornan, -byrnan; p. -bearn, -barn, -born, pl. -burnon; pp. -bornen, -burnen; v. n.

To burn up ⬩ be destroyed by fire ⬩ be consumed ⬩ combūri ⬩ ignĭbus consūmi

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Wǽron ða bende [MS. benne] forburnene the bands were burnt, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 12; Dan. 435

Linked entry: for-byrnan

on-lísan

(v.)

to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds) ⬩ to release, deliver, liberate

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to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds) Ðæt bearn benda onlýseþ, Exon. Th. 5, 12; Cri. 68. Hé ða tungan onlýsde, Blickl. Homl. 167, 10. Hire bendas wǽron onlýsede, 89, 25.

Linked entries: on-lésan on-liésan

ǽn-lípig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽn-lípig, -lýpig, -lépig; adj. [án one, hlíp, hlýp]

Each ⬩ every ⬩ singular ⬩ solitary ⬩ private ⬩ singuli ⬩ solus

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Ben. 22

Linked entry: ǽn-lípie

fúl-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fúl-líce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Foully ⬩ shamefully ⬩ fœde ⬩ sordĭde ⬩ turpĭter

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Ben. 44: Scint. 24

ár-weorþian

(v.)
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Ben. 16, 20. Add

ge-þeówrǽden

(n.)
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Ben. 108, 18. (?)

hál-fæst

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Ben. 72, 6

and-swaru

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Ben. 55, 8. Hnesce andswore responsio mollis, Kent. Gl. 502. Underfón andswore ( responsum ), R. Ben. I. 112, 6. Ondsuære, Jn. L. 1, 22. Ondsuere (-swore, R.), Lk. L. 2, 26. Andswara, rǽdas consulta, i. interrogata, An. Ox. 2524. Antswara, 8, 130.

fæsten-dæg

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Ben. 67, 3. Gif wé on þǽm syx wucan fotlǽtaþ þá syx Sunnandagas þæs fæstennes (Lent), þonne ne bið þára fæstendaga ná má þonne syx and þrítig, Bl. H. 35, 24. On ðám fæstendagum in quibus diebus quadrigesimae, R. Ben. 74, 12.

a-barian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
a-barian, p. ede; pp. ed [a, barian to make bare; bær, se bara; adj. bare]

To make bare ⬩ to manifest ⬩ discover ⬩ disclose ⬩ denudare ⬩ prodere ⬩ in medium proferre

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Ben. Interl. 46: Cot. 80

ge-restscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-restscipe, es; m.

rest, ease ⬩ quies, ōtium, ⬩ a cohabitation ⬩ concŭbĭtus

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Ben. Lye. a cohabitation; concŭbĭtus To hyre gerestscipe hire wer ne sceal gangan ad ejus concŭbĭtum vir suus accēdĕre non dēbet, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 32

Linked entry: -restscipe

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