Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-mercung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mercung, e; f.

A description ⬩ descriptio

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Lind. 2, 2

Linked entries: mercung ge-mearcund

ge-merran

(v.)

to mar, spoil,

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Lind. 13, 7

tídlícness

(n.)
Grammar
tídlícness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Lind. 22, 6

ge-sie

(v.)

to be; ⬩ esse,

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Lind. 6, 31

ge-stelan

(v.)

to steal; ⬩ furari,

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Lind. 10, 10

a-lésenis

(n.)

redemption

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Lind. Stv. 20, 28

fácon

(n.)

deceit

Entry preview:

Lind. War. 1, 47

froht

(adj.)
Grammar
froht, adj.

Timid

Entry preview:

Lind. 4, 40

in-merca

inscribtio

Entry preview:

Lind. 12, 16

Linked entry: -merca

ge-blann

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-blann, p. of ge-blinnan.

ceased

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Lind. 6, 51;

ofer-wistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-wistlíc, glosses

supersubstantialis

Entry preview:

Lind. 6, 11

Linked entry: -wistlíc

ge-þuild

(n.)

patience

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Lind. 18, 7

þió

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þió, pron.
Entry preview:

Lind. Rush. 4, 5)

ge-néhwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-néhwian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To approach, draw near, adhere

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Lind. 19, 5. Ánum genéhwaþ uni adhærebit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 13. Genéhwade ánum adhæsit uni, 15, 15

Linked entries: -néhwian ge-neán ge-neán

wel-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-boren, adj.

Well-born ⬩ noble

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Lind. Rush. 15, 43. Monn sum welboren homo quidam nobilis Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 12. Ic nam wíse menn and welborene (nobiles) Deut. 1, 15

eáre-lippric

(n.)
Grammar
eáre-lippric, eár-lipric, e; f: eór-lippric, es; n.

A flap of the ear ⬩ aurĭcŭla

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Lind. War. 7, 33. Eárliprica, acc. pl. Mk. Rush. War. 7, 33: Jn. Rush. War. 18, 26. Ða eárelipprica, acc. pl. Mk. Lind. War. 14, 47

Linked entry: eór-lippric

ge-drysnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drysnan, p. ade, ede; pp. ad, ed

To put out ⬩ quench ⬩ extinguish ⬩ vanish ⬩ extinguĕre ⬩ evanescĕre

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Lind. 9, 44, 48. He gedrysnade from égum hiora ipse evanuit ex oculis eorum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 31

ge-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hebban, p. -hóf; pp. -hafen

To heave up ⬩ raise up ⬩ ferment ⬩ elevare ⬩ fermentare

Entry preview:

Lind. 12, 11. Gehefen biþ exaltabitur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 11

Linked entry: ge-hafen

wís-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-fæst, (
Similar entries
v. wíse, and cf. þeáw-fæst
); adj.

Perfect

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Lind. Rush. 19, 21. Wísfæst éghwelc bið perfectus omnis erit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 40. Folc wísfæst plebem perfectum, I. 17. Wísfæsto (perfecti) wossað gié. Rtl. 13, 19

writ

(n.)
Grammar
writ, es; n.

a writing ⬩ writ ⬩ scripture

Entry preview:

Lind. 24, 45

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