Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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un-fæstnian

(v.)
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Först. 165.] [

Linked entries: fæstnian ge-unfæstnian

swefian

(v.)
Grammar
swefian, (?) to move. v. passage given under forþ-swebban (-swefian ?) [cf. O.H. Ger. swebén: Ger. schweben]
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Cf. swífan

ge-sécan

Grammar
ge-sécan, <b>; II c.</b>
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Först. 94, 3-13

hrér-ness

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Först. 133, 16. Þysne dæg wé ús on mycelre rérnesse tóweardne ongytan magon, 130, 20. On hrérnisse in commotione(m), Bl. Gl. (under onhrérnisse; but see Angl. xxi. 237). Add

hleów-hræscnes

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For forcæncednysse l. forsc[r]æncednys; e, and add:

ge-bedda

Grammar
ge-bedda, <b>; I.</b>
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Först. 92, 9. Cf. ge-resta

miltsiend

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Först. 137, 3. Add

on-warian

(v.)
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Först. 105, 4. Is mycel þearf ǽghwylcum men tó onwariganne þæt hé þis symle hæbbe on gemyndum, 109, 10

Linked entry: warian

weorc-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorc-weorþ, weorc-wirþe; adj.
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Först. 158, 20

mann-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cyst, e; f.
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Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst

Linked entry: cyst

sydung

(n.)
Grammar
sydung, (better sidung, under which form the word should be entered), e; f.
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A regulation, rule Sydung regula, Germ. 398, 217. Cf. Gesidode determinabit, 399, 431: conserit, 469. Gesydod concinna, conveniens, benecomposita, 396, 321. Goth. sidón meditari. O. Sax. gi-sidón sorga to cause sorrow to a person: O. H. Ger. sitón machinari

Linked entry: be-sidian

an-wlitegian

(v.)
Grammar
an-wlitegian, p. ode; pp. od [an = un un-, wlitigian to form]

To unform ⬩ change the form of anything ⬩ deformare

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To unform, change the form of anything; deformare Ða he þwaraþ and gewlitegaþ; hwílum eft unwlitegaþ [MS. Cot. anwlitegaþ] these it tempers and forms; sometimes again it unforms, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 9

Þór

(n.)
Grammar
Þór, the Scandinavian form of a name which in English is Þunor (-er),
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one of the gods, Thor Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde, ðæt se Iouis wǽre, ðe hý þór hátaþ, Mercuries sunu, ðe hí Óðon namiaþ; ac hí nabbaþ ná riht: for ðan ðe wé rǽdaþ on bócum, ge on hǽþenum ge on cristenun, ðæt se hetula Iouis tó sóðan

Linked entry: þunor

bǽm

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
bǽm, for bám; dat. of begen

both

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both, Bt. 38, 5, MS. Cott; Fox 206, 15: Th. Diplm. A.D. 804-829; 463, 3

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, In l. 5 for angustum l.
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angustam

T

Grammar
T, For the Runic T, see
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Tír
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Similar entry: Tír

dystig

Grammar
dystig, l. dýstig, and for Cot. 183
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substitute Ðý dýstgan pulverulenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 31

ófstig

Grammar
ófstig, l. ofstig, and for 'Gl. Prud'
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substitute Germ

þurh-hǽlig

Grammar
þurh-hǽlig, l. -hálig, and for Wanl . . . 4
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substitute Chrd. 116, 29

frosc

(n.)
Grammar
frosc, forsc, frox (q. v. in Dict.), frocx, es; m.
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A frog Forsc luscinius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 31. Frocx, 51, 28. Regnwyrm lumbricus, frox luscinus, ýce rana, 71, 13-15. Frosc ranam, An. Ox. 54, 2. Frox, Bl. Gl. Forsc, Ps. Srt. 77, 45. Forscas ranas, 104, 30. ¶ in local names :-- Forscaburna, C.

Linked entries: frox forsc

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