Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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den-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
den-sǽte, m. pl.

Dwellers in valleys or plains ⬩ vallicŏlæ

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Dwellers in valleys or plains; vallicŏlæ

el-þeódiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
el-þeódiglíce, ael-þeódiglíce; adv.

In foreign parts, among foreigners ⬩ pĕregre

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In foreign parts, among foreigners; pĕregre

Linked entry: el-þeódlíce

fiér

(n.; num.; adj.)

four

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four, in the compound fiér-féte

fyðer-

(prefix)
Grammar
fyðer-, fiðer-, feðer-

four-

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four-, found only in the compounds

Linked entries: fiðer- ríca

gifende

(v.; adj.)

giving ⬩ giving in marriage

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giving, giving in marriage, Cot. 216

ǽ-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-swíc, m. l. ǽ-swic; n., dele [ǽ law . . .] and add: — Néd is cumende ǽswic (scandala) ; hweþre þonne wá þǽm menn þe þurh hine ǽswic (scandalum) cymeþ, Mt. R. 18, 7. Ǽswice, wróhte insimulatione, .i. acussatione, An. Ox. 4842. Hé symble ús ætstandeþ tó ǽswice ad decipiendum semper assistat. Gr. D. 221, 15. In éswic
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in scandalum, Ps. Srt. 105, 36

á-húðan

(v.)
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In the passage read: Fýnd áhudan

be-grindan

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Dele and see sinder in Dict

dúfan

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Bil in dufan, El. 122. Add

fám-bláwende

(adj.)
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In 1. 2 read: se légfámbláwenda

fiþer-sceát

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Take here feþer-sceátas in Dict

frǽ-gleáw

(adj.)
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Take here freá-gleáw in Dict

ge-giddian

(v.)
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Take here ge-gyddian in Dict

gemynd-full

(adj.)
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Take here ge-mendful in Dict

ge-rícsian

(v.)
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Take here ge-ríxian in Dict

ge-swǽpa

Grammar
ge-swǽpa, v. swǽpa
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in Dict., and cf. ge-swope

ge-byhþ

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Take here ge-bihp in Dict

híwe-stán

(n.)
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Take here hiéwe-stán in Dict

BEALD

(adj.)
Grammar
BEALD, bald; adj.

BOLD ⬩ brave ⬩ confident ⬩ of good courage ⬩ validus ⬩ strenuus ⬩ fortis ⬩ constans ⬩ audax ⬩ fidens ⬩ bono animo ⬩ liber

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Beald reordade, eádig on elne brave he spake, happy in courage, Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 24; Gú. 998. He healdeþ Meotudes ǽ beald in breóstum bold in his breast he holds the law of the Creator, Exon. 62 b ; Th. 229, 20; Ph. 458.

Linked entry: bald

Twi-fyrd

(n.)
Grammar
Twi-fyrd, -ford
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Circum fluuium Alne in loco qui dicitur Aet Tuiford, i. 29, 6. In loco qui Tuiforda appellatur, 74, 31

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