Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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cwidele

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For examples see cwydele in Dict., and add:

dúfe-doppa

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D. dive-dap, -dop]

ge-myndiglicnes

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Take here ge-mindiglicnes in Dict. and add:

grambǽrnes

(n.)
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Take here the passage in Dict. under gramfærnys

hiltu

Grammar
hiltu, hilto

lameness

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Take here helto in Dict., and add:

ærce

archbishop's pallium

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Similar entries v. arce in Dict

Linked entry: erce-

bróðar

(n.)

a brother

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Diplm. A.D. 830; 466, 3

ge-ágen

(adj.)
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Æfter dínum geágenum gewitte, Shrn. 181, 32. Add

cop-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cop-líc, fit; coplíce

fitly, well ⬩ apte

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Dial. 1, 1; Lye

be-fillan

(v.)

to fell.

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to fell.See examples under be-fyllan in Dict

bæga

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

of both

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Diplm. A.D. 804-829; 462, 17

dilfst

(v.)
Grammar
dilfst, he dilfþ
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diggest, digs; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of delfan

efen-háda-bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
efen-háda-bisceop, es; m.

A co-bishop ⬩ co-episcŏpus

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Dial. 1. 5

eldor-man

(n.)

an alderman

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Diplm. A. D. 883; 129, 25

ér

(adv.)

ere, before

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Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 30

for-swilt

(v.)
Grammar
for-swilt, 3rd sing. pres. of for-sweltan.

dies

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dies, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 11. note 17;

ge-bryce

(n.)
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(l. n.) in Dict

ge-sǽtnian

(v.)
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Take here ge-setnian (l. ge-sétnian) in Dict

Linked entry: sǽtnian

hind-fald

(n.)
Grammar
hind-fald, es [or -falda, an]; m.

A hind-fold.

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Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 112, 33

be-metan

(v.)
Grammar
be-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [be, metan to measure]

To measure by ⬩ compare ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ metiri ⬩ commetiri ⬩ comparare ⬩ æstimare

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Ðæt hý ná siððan nánes anwealdes hý ne bemǽtan, ne nánes freódómes that afterwards they did not consider themselves [possessed] of any power, nor of any freedom 3, 7; Bos. 62, 11.

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