Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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mæsen

(adj.)
Grammar
mæsen, [for (?) mæseren]; adj.

Of maple

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Of maple Vi mæse[r]ne sceala vi vessels of maple, Chart. Th. 429, 29. Chron. 641; Erl. 27, 8.]

ge-cwémlic

Grammar
ge-cwémlic, For pleased read
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pleasing, and add: suitable, fit Gecwémlíce congruam, R. Ben. I. 78, 5

Linked entry: cwém-lic

-giten

(suffix)
Grammar
-giten, v. for*-*giten.

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

héfli

(adj.)
Grammar
héfli, (for be-héflic)

useful ⬩ commodum

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useful; commodum, An. Ox. 56, 190

Linked entry: be-héflic

hornung-sunu

Grammar
hornung-sunu, For Cot. 142
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substitute Hornungsunu nothus Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 67, and add:

lacu

Grammar
lacu, For 'A pool ...
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lake' substitute: A stream, water-course, and add In australi atque in occidente habens torrentem cuius uocabulum Fiscesburne ... in oriente aquam quae Anglorum lingua Lake nominatur habens, quae est duarum, quae ibi sunt, ulterior ... Insuper memoratam

neb-wlátung

Grammar
neb-wlátung, For 'frontositas . . . word'
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substitute Nebwlátung, ǽwyscnes inpudentia, An. Ox. 4306

hege-sugge

(n.)
Grammar
hege-sugge, For nicetula l.
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uicetula

hose-bend

Grammar
hose-bend, For 'Lye . . . 517'
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substitute Hosebendas periscelides (crurum ), An. Ox. 4822

þístra

Grammar
þístra, For conjuncta l.
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conjuncla

fót-síþ-gerif

(n.)
Grammar
fót-síþ-gerif, es; n.

A taking away or stoppage of a foot-path ⬩ līmes

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A taking away or stoppage of a foot-path; līmes, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 72; Wrt. Voc. 16, 45

haca

Grammar
haca, 'For Gl. Mett. 658
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On hacan pundfold, of hacan pundfalde (haccan is the form in the MS. printed C. D. B. iii. 395, 18), vi. 41, 24. Here there might be reference to the enclosures being bolted, or to their construction with hurdles, cf. hæc, and see hake in N. E. D

féþe

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Se foreda fót á bið ǽlces féðes bedǽled, Past. 67, 12. Læg þǽr sum creópere lama fram cildháde . . . Petrus cwæð: 'Árís hál on þínum fótum' . . . and hé hleóp sóna cunnigende his féðes hwæðer hé cúðe gán, Hml. S. 10, 33.

ge-stric

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stric, For m. ? 1. n. , for the translation substitute
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leonem infestare uiderit, inimici seditionem significat, and add Wíf tósprǽddum loccum hine gesihð gestric (spriicg, MS. v. Archiv cxxv. 61, 5) getácnað mulierem sparsis crinibus se uiderit, seditionem significat, Lch. iii. 208, II

-leás

(suffix)
Grammar
-leás, a frequently occurring suffix used to form adjectives, having the force of without [v. leas I.], modern

-less

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-less. It is found in the cognate dialects

spennan

(v.)
Grammar
spennan, to allure. v. for-spennen, -spennend[e], -spennestre, -spennung. [O. H. Ger. spennen allicere, illicere, sollicitare, seducere: Icel. spenja.]
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Cf. spanan

stoppian

(v.)
Grammar
stoppian, to stop, close an aperture, v. for-stoppian, Lchdm, ii. 42, 12.

cir-redness

Grammar
cir-redness, v. for-cirredness. , and cyrredness
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in Dict

fang

(n.)
Grammar
fang, fong.

Similar entry: heals-fang

tó-faran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-faran, p. -fór; pp. -faren.
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Ðá hié tógædere woldon, ðá com swá ungemetlíc rén, ðæt heora nán ne mehte nánes wǽpnes gewealdan, and for ðæm tófóran, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 194, 19. Tófóran on feówer wegas ætfelinga bearn they went off in four different directions, Cd.

Linked entry: tó-féran

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