Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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un-meaht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-meaht, adj.

Impossible

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Lind. 17, 20

bratt

(n.)

A cloak; ⬩ pallium

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Lind. 5, 40

on-dǽlan

(v.)

to impart, infuse ⬩ infundere

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Lind. 10, 34

Linked entry: dǽlan

ge-strengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strengan, pp. ed

To strengthen; ⬩ confortare

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Lind. 1, 80

tó-fær

(n.)
Grammar
tó-fær, es; n.

A going away, ⬩ departure, ⬩ decease

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Lind. 9, 31

scínness

(n.)
Grammar
scínness, e; f.

Brightness ⬩ splendour

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Lind. 13, 24

sécness

(n.)
Grammar
sécness, e ; f.

Seeking ⬩ visiting ⬩ visitation

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Seeking, visiting, visitation Tíde soecnisse (sócnises, Lind.) tempus visitationis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 19, 44

wyrttrumian

(v.)
Grammar
wyrttrumian, p. ode

To take root

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Lind. 4, 27

meord

(n.)
Grammar
meord, meorð, meard, e; f.

Reward ⬩ pay

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Lind.) merces, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 12. Leán ł mearde mercedem, 6, 2; (meard, Lind.), 10, 41. Geld him meard redde illis mercedem, Lind. 20, 8. Meorde (mearda, Lind.) onfóeþ mercedem accipit, Jn. Skt.

Linked entries: meard méd

géman

(v.)
Grammar
géman, p. de; pp. ed

To care for, regard, heed, cure ⬩ cūrāre

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Lind. 8, 7 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 9. Nallaþ gie géma nolite solliciti esse, 12, 11. Ne gémes ðú non curas, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 14. Gémende solliciti, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 25

Linked entry: GÝMAN

tó-swellan

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After 'F' in last line insert: 10876, and add His hýd tósweóll cutis intumescebat, Gr. D. 157, 9.

ge-hénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hénan, p. de; pp. ed

To humble ⬩ accuse ⬩ condemn ⬩ despise ⬩ humiliare ⬩ accusare ⬩ condemnare ⬩ spernere

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Lind. 23, 2. He gehéned wæs he was condemned. Cd. 217; Th. 276, 18; Sat. 190. Gehéneþ mec spernit me, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 16

Linked entry: ge-hǽnan

héra

(n.)
Grammar
héra, an; m.

One who obeys another ⬩ a servant ⬩ follower

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Lind. 10, 43. Héra ł þegn minister, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 26. Héro ministros, Rtl. 11, 35. Æþelinga hleó beorna beággifa hérna hildfruma the shelter of princes, ring-giver of warriors, warlike chief of his followers, Elen, Kmbl. 201; El. l01

ymb-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-cirr, es; m.

A turning about ⬩ going from one place to another, removal ⬩ turning over, moving, stirring ⬩ versutia

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Lind. 1, 11, 12, 17. turning over, moving, stirring. Similar entries v. ymb-cirran (4) Wætres ymbcerr (-cer, Rush.) ł styrenise aquae motum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 3. the word also glosses versutia, Rtl. 120, 32

sceaft-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
sceaft-rihte, sceaft-riht; adv.
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As straight as a dart, in a straight line Of þám paðe sceaftrihte on alr, C. D. B. iii. 667, 14. West sceftrihte ofer ðone mór, 336, 25.

a-wisnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wisnian, p. ade; pp. ad

To be dry ⬩ to become dry ⬩ wizen ⬩ arescere

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Lind. War. 8, 6

feber-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
feber-ádl, e; f.

A fever-disease ⬩ fever ⬩ febris

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Lind. 8, 15

hréð-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hréð-ness, e; f.

Fierceness ⬩ roughness ⬩ cruelty

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Lind. 8, 24

in-hirdmann

(n.)
Grammar
in-hirdmann, es ; m.

body-guard

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Lind. 8, 9

Linked entries: in-cempa hirdmann

in-þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
in-þicce, adj.

Gross ⬩ thick

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Lind. 13, 15

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