Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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on-ǽlet

(n.)
Grammar
on-ǽlet, es; n.

Lightning

Entry preview:

Lamb. 143. 6

forþ-steppan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-steppan, -stæppan; part. -stæppende: p. -stepede = -stepte? pp. -steped = -stept?

To step or go forth ⬩ proceed ⬩ progrĕdi ⬩ prōdīre ⬩ procēdĕre

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Lamb. 88, 35

Linked entry: forþ-stæppan

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, wergan; p. ede.
Entry preview:

</b> in the phrase werian land the word refers to the performance of services that might be demanded from the holders of land :-- Werige (the Latin version has adquietet) se cotsetla his hláfordes inland, gif him man beóde, æt sǽwearde and æt cyniges

Linked entries: a-werian ge-werian wergan warian

meltan

Entry preview:

Add Geríst ꝥ him mon lytlum þá mettas selle þá þe late melten, leax, and þá fixas þá þe late meltan, Lch. ii. 176, 22-24

et-néhstan

(adv.)
Grammar
et-néhstan, adv.

At nighest, at last, lastly ⬩ postrēmo, novissĭme

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At nighest, at last, lastly; postrēmo, novissĭme, Som. Ben. Lye

fleów

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fleów, pl. fleówon

flowed ⬩ issued

Entry preview:

Lamb. 77, 20;

for-hygde-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
for-hygde-líc, adj.

Despisable ⬩ contemptĭbĭlis

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Lamb. 118, 141

gǽd

(n.)

a lack ⬩ want

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a lack, want, Col. 13; Th. 15, 21; Gen. 236

under-fónd

(n.)

susceptor

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Lamb. 3, 4: 53, 6: 90, 2

on-fordón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fordón, part.

Destroyed

Entry preview:

Lamb. 101, 21. Cf.

Linked entry: for-dón

hóh-fót

(n.)
Grammar
hóh-fót, es; m.

The heel

Entry preview:

Lamb. 55, 7

Linked entry: fót

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Ireland [the land of the Ire] to seek once more. Gst. Rthm. ii. 66, 19-22.

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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guidance, direction Lár vel steór disciplina, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 57: 75, 31. Gyrd steóre virga directionis, Ps. Lamb. 44, 7. Ðæt hé ðoncfull sí stýre him ðæs bebodenan folces contentus sit gubernatione creditae sibi plebis, Bd. 4, 5; S. 372, 33.

dwalian

(v.)
Grammar
dwalian, p. ede ; pp. ed

To err ⬩ errāre

Entry preview:

Lamb. 57, 4

Linked entry: dwolian

for-swulgen

(v.)
Grammar
for-swulgen, subj. p. pl. of for-swelgan.

would have swallowed up or devoured

Entry preview:

Lamb. 123, 4;

for-wyrst

Grammar
for-wyrst, he -wyrþ

shalt perish ⬩ perishes

Entry preview:

Lamb. 1, 6;

-læpped

(suffix)
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having laps or lobes Fíf-læppedu, Lchdm. ii. 160, 12

niht-hróc

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hróc, es; m.

The night-rook ⬩ raven

Entry preview:

Lamb. 101, 7

ge-hyldan

(v.)

to bend ⬩ incline

Entry preview:

Lamb. 16, 11

staþolfæstnung

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

Lamb. 136, 7

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