Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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forþ-man

(n.)

one very rich or wealthy ⬩ prædīves

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Lye

fram-síþ

(n.)

a going from or away ⬩ departure

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Lye

freá-hræd

(adj.)
Grammar
freá-hræd, adj.

Very quick ⬩ speedy ⬩ swift ⬩ prŏpĕrus ⬩ expĕdītus

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Lye

Fróm

(n.)
Grammar
Fróm, e; f.

FROME ⬩ flŭvii nōmen in agro Dorsetensi

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Lye

fugel-hǽlsere

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-hǽlsere, es; m. [hǽlsere a diviner]

A diviner by birds ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ augur

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Lye

ge-áhnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-áhnung, e; f.

An appropriation ⬩ possession ⬩ owning ⬩ appropriātio ⬩ possessio

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Lye

eág-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
eág-æppel, es; m.

The apple of the eye ⬩ pupilla

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Lye

eág-séung

(n.)
Grammar
eág-séung, e; f.

Eye-seeing, eye-sight ⬩ ocŭlōrum acies

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Lye

eáh-mist

(n.)
Grammar
eáh-mist, es; m.

Eye-mist or dimness ⬩ ocŭlōrum calīgātio

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Lye

hrá-gífre

(adj.)
Grammar
hrá-gífre, adj.

deadly

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Greedy for corpses, deadly Hrágyfra funestus, Cot. 90, Lye

hrís

(n.)
Grammar
hrís, es; n.

A twig ⬩ branch ⬩ RISE

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A twig, branch, RISE Hrís frondes, Cot. 93, Lye

hwirf-pól

(n.)
Grammar
hwirf-pól, es; m.

A whirl-pool

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A whirl-pool Hwyrfepóle vorago, syrtis, Cot. 59, Lye

Linked entry: hwyrf-pól

ealu-sceop

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-sceop, es; m.

An ale-brewer, a brewer ⬩ cervĭsiārius

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Lye

ge-weddian

(v.)

to weed ⬩ herbis noxiis purgare

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to weed; herbis noxiis purgare, Cot. 178, 188, Lye

gnéðen

(adj.)
Grammar
gnéðen, gnéðn; adj.

Moderate ⬩ temperate ⬩ modest ⬩ low ⬩ mediocris ⬩ modestus

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Moderate, temperate, modest, low; mediocris, modestus, Cot. 129, Lye

ge-bolged

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bolged, part.

Caused to swell ⬩ made angry ⬩ tumĭdus ⬩ indignātus

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ge-bræcseócnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bræcseócnes, -ness, e; f. [ge-, bræcseócnes epilepsy]

The falling sickness ⬩ epilepsy ⬩ morbus comĭtiālis ⬩ epilepsia

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Lye

ge-beterung

(n.)

an amending ⬩ bettering ⬩ making better ⬩ emendātio ⬩ instauratio

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Lye

Linked entry: beterung

heáh-græft

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-græft, adj.

Carved in bas-relief

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Carved in bas-relief Heáhgræfte anaglypha, Cot. 7, Lye

Linked entry: græft

ǽryr

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽryr, adv.

Before ⬩ prius

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Jn. 1, 30, Lye

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