Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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lysu

(n.)
Grammar
lysu, wes; n.
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What is depraved [v. preceding word] Gif cyning æt mannes hám drincæþ and ðær man lyswæs hwæt gedó ii bóte gebéte if the king be entertained at a man's house, and any evil be done there, let a double fine be paid, L. Ethb. 3; Th. i. 4, 2. Gif frí wíf

æmtegian

(v.)

to be at leisure

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to be at leisure, Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 16

eorsian

(v.)

to be angry

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to be angry, Ps. Spl. 4, 5 : Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 22

un-ácumendlícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-ácumendlícness, e; f.

Unbearableness ⬩ impossibility to be borne

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Unbearableness, impossibility to be borne Unácumenlícnesse impossibilitatis, R. Ben. Interl. 114, 9

un-geméde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geméde, adj.
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Perhaps this word should be taken as a noun; see mád-mód

eder-gong

(n.)
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Perhaps ed-ergong= ed-eargung may be read =(?) renewed discouragement; or eargung

tolcettan

(v.)
Grammar
tolcettan, p. te

To be wanton

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To be wanton Tolcetende ł fleardiende infruticans, luxurians, Hpt. Gl. 435, 36

Linked entry: tolcendlíce

for-wracnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wracnian, p. ode

To be an exile

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To be an exile Þám forwracnedum elþeódigum peregrinis, R. Ben. 82, 2

a-fúlian

(v.)
Grammar
a-fúlian, p. ode; pp. od; v. n.

To become foul ⬩ to putrefy ⬩ be defiled ⬩ putrescere ⬩ putrefieri ⬩ inquinari

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To become foul, to putrefy, be defiled; putrescere, putrefieri, inquinari, Scint. 66: 17

morþ-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-sliht, es; m.

Murder ⬩ assassination

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Murder, assassination Be morþslihtum, L. Æðelst. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 11, 12

Linked entry: morþor-sliht

geopenian

(v.)
Grammar
geopenian, <b>; B. II.</b>
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Wille wé eów geopenian be ðám húsle, Hml. Th. ii. 262, 20. Add

sulh-ælmesse

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-ælmesse, an; f.
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Plough-alms, a contribution of one penny to be paid for every sulh

Linked entry: ælmesse

wulf-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
wulf-seáþ, es; m.

A wolf-pit

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A wolf-pit Be eástan ðæm wulfseáðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 264, 5

ge-rendrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rendrian, to strip off bark,
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peel Gerendra elmrinde and áwyl swíðe. Lch. ii. 66, 24. Cf. be-rindran

Linked entries: rendrian be-rindran

stǽnen

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Be ðǽre díc tó ðǽre stǽnenan bricge, C. D. iii. 449, 23. Add

cúþ-lic

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Hé cýð gecýðnysse swíþe cúðlice be mé, Nap. 77. (Cf. cúþ; II.) Add

byst

art, shalt be

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art, shalt be, Lk. Bos. l, 76; Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 12

ge-edyppol

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-edyppol, adj.

That should be brought up again for examination

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That should be brought up again for examination Geedyppole recensendos, Germ. 396, 280

Linked entries: -yppol ed-yppol

hrægel-talu

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Substitute: The clothes to which the brethren of a monastery had a claim, which had to be furnished by the abbot, as no brother had a right to separate property. Cf. Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is cugele, syric, &amp;c

in-hold

(adj.)
Grammar
in-hold, adj.
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Thoroughly loyal, loyal from the heart Abbodissum wé tǽcaþ ðæt hí inholde sín and ðæs hálgan regoles gebodum eallum móde þeówigen we teach abbesses to be heartily loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind, Lchdm