Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hípe

(n.)

a heap

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On reáde hýpan in rubicundas congeries, An. Ox. 1822. Take here hýpe in Dict. and add

Linked entry: hýpe

lǽce-getawu

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-getawu, pl. n.
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Þá fundon hí þá mancas in his lǽcecyste illius omnia medicamenta perscrutantes aureos invenerunt in medicamine, Gr. D. 344, 16

sǽtnere

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtnere, es; m.

One who lies in wait

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One who lies in wait. but used in the following case to gloss seditiosus Mid setnerum cum seditiosis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 7. Similar entries v. sǽtnian, sǽtere ;

Linked entries: sétnere sǽtnung

cearf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cearf, of ceorfan.

carved

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carved, Solil. in præf

á-lífedlic

Grammar
á-lífedlic, v. á-lýfedlic
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in Dict. , and add:

díran

(v.)
Grammar
díran, to hold dear. v. deóran
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in Dict., and add:

Linked entry: dýran

eá-stæþ

Grammar
eá-stæþ, v. eá-steþ
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in Dict. for passage

ge-hrimpan

Grammar
ge-hrimpan, v. rimpan
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in Dict. for examples

Linked entries: ge-rumpen hrimpan

ge-spǽtan

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v. spǽtan; in Dict

hýr-geoht

(n.)
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See geoht in Dict

ryplen

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In bracket l. þýflen

fyxen

(adj.)
Grammar
fyxen, adj. v. fixen
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in Dict., and add:

Linked entry: fixen

DURRAN

(v.)
Grammar
DURRAN, ic, he dear, ðú dearst, pl. durron, durran; p. dorste, pl. dorston, dorstan; pp. dorren

DARE, presume ⬩ audēre

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The weak p. dorste, pl. dorston [ = durste, durston], is formed regularly from the inf. durran = dursan. The same præterito-præsens may be generally observed in the following cognate words :--   inf. pres. pl. p.

cyre-bald

(adj.)

bold in decision ⬩ arbltrii strenuus

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bold in decision; arbltrii strenuus

hǽmed-þing

(n.)
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In l. 10 l. hǽmedþingum

hǽr

(n.)
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In l. 8 l. efesiað

drípan

(v.)
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Take here drýpan in Dict

borh-wed

(n.)
Grammar
borh-wed, -wedd, es; n.

Anything given in pledge ⬩ vadimonium

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Anything given in pledge; vadimonium

á-bléred

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
á-bléred, bald, bared of hair. v.
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passage in Dict. under tyslian

cípe-cniht

Grammar
cípe-cniht, v. cépe-, cýpe-cniht
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in Dict., and ceáp-cniht

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