Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
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Nú þincþ eów ðis syllíc tó gehýrenne, L. Ælfc. C. 6 ; Th. ii. 344, 16 : Wulfst. 269, 26. Is ðæt sellíc þincg, ðæt hí ne wundriaþ hú . . ., Met. 28, 53. Næfde sellícu wiht sýne ne folme, Exon. Th. 415, 2 ; Rä. 33, 5.

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure

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Ne yld ðú ðæt ðú ðám myclan godum mid ús onsecge diis magnis sacrificare ne differas, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 36. Se ðe godgeldum onsæcge ofer God ánne, L. Alf. 32; Th. i. 52, 12. Gif ðú onsecgan nelt sóðum godum, Exon. Th. 253, 3; Jul. 174.

Linked entries: an-secgan on-sacan on-sagu

á-wiht

(n.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-wiht, á-wyht, á-wuht, á-uht, áht, es; n. [á semper, wiht creatura, animal, aliquid]

AUGHT ⬩ anything ⬩ aliquid

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Ðæt hí geseón ne mágon áwiht ne illi videant aliquid, 68, 24

Linked entries: áht áht á-wuht ó-wiht ná-wiht átes-hwon á-wuht

grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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S. 1, 199. action of touching or handling Hí ne mihton undergitan búton hit wǽre reáf ne mid heora grápunge ne mid heora sceáwunge, Hml. S. 31, 819.

ǽrst

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽrst, = ǽrost.

first ⬩ primo

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first; primo,Homl. in nat. Innoc. p. 36

ge-huntian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-huntian, p. ode; pp. od

To hunt

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To hunt Hí gehuntigaþ venantur, Nar. 38, 6

Linked entry: huntian

for-hwirfedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedness, e; f.

Perverseness

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Perverseness Ðú lufodest ealle forhwyrfednesse word, Nap. 24

Linked entry: -hwirfedness

be-geómerian

(v.)
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Sé þe . . . his gyltas begeómerað, Nap. 75. Add

ealu-gálness

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For Nap. 5 substitute Verc. Först. 94, 1

mynster-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-preóst, es; m.

A priest who conducts service in a minster

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A priest who conducts service in a minster Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta oððe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan circan dyre, ne binnan weohstealle bútan his oferslipe, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 8

forhtlíce

(adv.)
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Gif hwæt bið beboden ne forhtlíce (trepide), ne lætlíce bið geworden, R. Ben. I. 24, 17. Add

hors-hirde

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Add: an ostler Ne ne sý þín horshyrde wǽpenleás neque sit tuus agason (= prouisor equorum) inermis, Hpt. 31, 12, 269. Horshierde mulio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 29. Horshiordas pabulatores, 116, 59. Horshyrdas, 67, 70

huntigestre

(n.)
Grammar
huntigestre, an; f.

A huntress

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A huntress Huntigystran venatrices, Nar. 38, 3

hálsung-tíma

(n.)
Entry preview:

For Nap. 35 l. Chrd. 30, 2

dryht-ealdorman

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Add: paranimphus, Chrd. 81, 10 (=Nap. 17)

cristallisc

(adj.)
Grammar
cristallisc, adj.
Entry preview:

Of crystal Cristallisce dryncfatu, Nar. 5, 13

for-cippian

(v.)
Grammar
for-cippian, p. ode

To cut off

Entry preview:

To cut off Forcyppud precisa, Nap. 79

Linked entry: cippian

á-gálian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Hiora earmas ágáledon, Nap. 15, 27. Add

Linked entry: gálian

feoh-gafol

(n.)
Entry preview:

For Nap. 21 l. Chrd. 76, 32

dem

(n.)
Grammar
dem, demm,es ; m.

mischief, harm, injury, loss, misfortune ⬩ damnum, mălum, noxa, injūria, detrīmentum, calămĭtas

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Hit oft gebýraþ ðæt seó leáse wyrd ne mæg ðam men dón nǽnne dem it often happens that deceitful fortune can do no injury to a man, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 23.

Linked entry: demm

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