Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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a-hwæt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-hwæt, = -hwet = -hwetted

whetted

Entry preview:

whetted;Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 17;

a-streahte

(v.)
Grammar
a-streahte, -streaht

stretched out

Entry preview:

stretched out;

a-wrehte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wrehte, a-wreht

aroused ⬩ awoke ⬩ suscitavit ⬩ suscitatus

Entry preview:

aroused, awoke; suscitavit, suscitatus,Jn. Bos. 12, 1 ;

be-dielf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-dielf, for be-dealf; p. of be-delfan.

dug

Entry preview:

dug,Mt. Foxe 25, 18

Linked entry: dielf

a-þohte

(v.)
Grammar
a-þohte, -þoht

thought out ⬩ thought

Entry preview:

thought out, thought,Beo. Th. 5280; B. 2643 ;

be-sæt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-sæt, be-sǽton p. of be-sittan.

besieged

Entry preview:

besieged, Ors. 1, 14 ; Bos. 37, 15;

ceastra

(n.)
Grammar
ceastra, cities,
  • Mt. Bos. 9, 35
; of ceaster.

This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.

eolhx

(n.)
Grammar
eolhx, eolx; gen. sing, of eolh, eolc

an elk

Entry preview:

an elk

Linked entry: secg

for-beád

(v.)
Grammar
for-beád, 1st and 3rd sing. p. of for-beódan.

forbade

Entry preview:

forbade, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 11; Gen. 637;

for-wexen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-wexen, = for-weaxen pp. of for-weaxan.

overgrown

Entry preview:

overgrown, Herb. 69, 1; Lchdm. i. 172, 7

fræt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fræt, ðú frǽte, pl. frǽton

devoured ⬩ devouredst

Entry preview:

devoured, devouredst, Beo. Th. 3167; B. 1581: Ps. Th. 34, 23;

geácnod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
geácnod, = ge-eácnod; pp. of ge-eácnian.

increased

Entry preview:

increased, Elen. Kmbl. 681; El. 341

ge-aurnen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-aurnen, part. [aurnen run out, pp. of a-yrnan]

Over-run ⬩ overtaken ⬩ cursu apprehensus

Entry preview:

Over-run, overtaken; cursu apprehensus, Som. Ben. Lye

bit-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
bit-mǽlum, adv. [bit, mǽlum, dat. pl. of mǽl, n.]

Piecemeal, by bits ⬩ mordicus

Entry preview:

Piecemeal, by bits; mordicus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 5

ge-béded

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-béded, = ge-bǽded; pp. of ge-bǽdan.

compelled ⬩ driven

Entry preview:

compelled, driven,Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 33

ge-bræc

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bræc, ðú -brǽce, pl. -brǽcon

broke ⬩ didst break

Entry preview:

broke, didst break,Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2: Ps. Th. 73, 13;

Linked entries: ge-brec -bræc

ge-cwæþ

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-cwæþ, ðú -cwǽde, pl. -cwǽdon

Said ⬩ spoke ⬩ pronounced

Entry preview:

Said, spoke, pronounced, Cd. 202; Th. 251, 10; Dan. 561 : Beo. Th. 5322; B. 2664 : Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 16;

ge-froefred

(part.)
Grammar
ge-froefred, = ge-fréfred; pp. of ge-fréfran.

comforted ⬩ consolatus

Entry preview:

comforted; consolatus,Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 5

-þrycedness

(suffix)
Grammar
-þrycedness, -þryccedness. v. for-, of-þryc[c]edness.

æled

(v.)
Grammar
æled, l. ǽled, and dele [pp. of ælan].

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