Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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tó-namian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-namian, p. ode

To surname

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Lind. 6, 14

Linked entry: tó-nama

symbel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-hús, es; n.

A banqueting-hall, dining-room

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Lind. 22, 12

sweger

(n.)
Grammar
sweger, swegr, e; f.
Entry preview:

A.: swer, Lind.), 10, 35. Swegere, Deut. 27, 23

Linked entry: sweór

stole

(n.)
Grammar
stole, an ; f. : stol, es ; n. (in Northern specimens)
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Lind. 15, 22. Geonga in stolum (stollum, Rush.) ł on ofer*-*slopum ambulare in stolis, 20, 46 : Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 38

a-hefen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-hefen, = a-hafen

raised up ⬩ exalted

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Lind. War. 13, 13: Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 3. col. 2;

éde

(n.)
Grammar
éde, es; n.

A flock ⬩ grex

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Lind. War. 8, 32: 12, 32

Linked entry: eówd

bi-wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wærlan, p. de; pp. ed [v. bí- in be- II]

To pass by ⬩ præterire

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Lind. War. 10, 31: 11, 42: Lk. Rush. War. 11, 42

Linked entry: wærlan

ge-blinnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blinnan, p. -blann, pl. -blunnon; pp. blunnen [ge-, blinnan to cease]

To cease ⬩ desist ⬩ cessāre ⬩ desistĕre

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Lind. 6, 51

Linked entry: ge-blann

ge-brægd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brægd, es; m. [ge-, brægd deceit]

Deceit ⬩ fraud ⬩ fraus ⬩ fallācia

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Lind. 13, 22

þurh-clǽnsian

(v.)

to cleanse thoroughly

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to cleanse thoroughly Þurhclǽnsaþ (ðerhclǽnsade, Lind. permundavit) he will throughly purge, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 3, 12

Linked entry: clǽnsian

un-scortende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scortende, adj.

Not failing ⬩ not running short

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Lind. Rush. 12, 33

Linked entry: scortian

in-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
in-lǽdan, p. de

To lead ⬩ bring in ⬩ introduce

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Lind. 6, 13. Se ðe má manna inlǽde ðonne hé sceole he who introduces more men than he ought, Chart. Th. 606, 32. Mið ðý inlǽddon ðone cnæht aldro his cum inducerent puerum parentes ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 27

BRORD

(n.)
Grammar
BRORD, es; m?

A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or corn ⬩ punctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba

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Lind. Rush. Stv. 13, 26. Ðæt brord natum, Lk. Lind. War. 8, 6

gæt

(n.)
Grammar
gæt, es; n.

A gate

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Lind. Stv. 7, 13

húsa

(n.)
Grammar
húsa, an; m.
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Lind. 10, 36

ge-drygan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drygan, p. de; pp. ed

To dry

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Lind. 11, 2. Gidrygedo abstersa, Rtl. 98, 24

un-áwemmed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwemmed, adj.

Unstained ⬩ undefiled ⬩ immaculate

Entry preview:

Lind. 19, 12

Linked entry: á-wemman

un-áwriten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwriten, adj.

Unwritten

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Lind. 16, 6

Linked entry: á-wrítan

un-gelífend

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelífend, es; m.

An unbeliever

Entry preview:

An unbeliever Se ðe ungeléfend (-en, Lind.) is qui incredulus est, Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 36: 20, 27

Linked entry: ge-lífend

ymb-sǽlan

(v.)
Entry preview:

to bind round, tie round Sié unbunden (ymbunden, Lind.) ł unsǽled (=ymbsǽled) circumdaretur Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 42

Linked entry: sǽlan

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