Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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copest

(adj.)

chiefest ⬩ most precious ⬩ a summit ⬩ pretiosissimus

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corn-hwæcca

(n.)
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corn-hwæcca, an; m.

A corn-chest ⬩ bin ⬩ arca frumentaria

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cualme-stów

(n.)
Grammar
cualme-stów, e; f.

A place of burial ⬩ calvariæ locus

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cattes

(n.)
Grammar
cattes, mint, e; f.
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dæg-mete

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-mete, es; m. [dæg a day, mete meat, food]

Daily food ⬩ quotidianus cibus

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Dorm-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorm-ceaster, gen. -ceastre; f. [by the Britons called Cair-Dorm, by Antonīnus Durobrivæ, from the passage over the water; and the Anglo-Saxons, for the same reason, called it also Dornford]

Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen

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Ear-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Ear-múþa, an; m. [ear the sea, the river Yare, múþa the mouth]

Great YARMOUTH, Norfolk ⬩ oppĭdum in agro Norfolciensi, et in insŭla Vecti

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feld-rude

(n.)
Grammar
feld-rude, an; f.

Wild rue ⬩ silvestris rŭta

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Lye: Lchdm. Glos. vol. iii. p. 325

fell

(adj.)
Grammar
fell, adj.

Fell ⬩ cruel ⬩ severe ⬩ crūdēlis

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Lye. Similar entries v. fel; adj

ferd-faru

(n.)
Grammar
ferd-faru, e; f.

A military expedition ⬩ mīlĭtāris expĕdītio ⬩ expĕdītio contra hostes

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A military expedition; mīlĭtāris expĕdītio, expĕdītio contra hostes, Heming, p. 234, Lye

flot-smere

(n.)
Grammar
flot-smere, es; n. [smeru fat, grease]

Floating fat ⬩ scum of a pot ⬩ pinguēdo ollæ sŭpernătans

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Linked entry: smeoru

frécne-stíg

(n.)
Grammar
frécne-stíg, e; f.

A dangerous way or path ⬩ steep place ⬩ precipice ⬩ præcĭpĭtium

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frum-grípa

(n.)
Grammar
frum-grípa, an; m.

A first grasper ⬩ occupier ⬩ prīmus captor ⬩ occŭpātor

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Linked entry: gripa

frý-gyld

(n.)
Grammar
frý-gyld, es; n.

A free guild or society ⬩ lībĕrum sodālĭtium vel collegium

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Linked entry: freó-gyld

fyrdinga

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrdinga, adv.

In companies or flocks ⬩ by bands or multitudes ⬩ catervātim

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ge-ágennud

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ágennud, part. [ágen own]

Adopted ⬩ adoptīvus

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flind

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For 'Cot. 98, Lye' substitute

hǽlsung

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For ' Cot. 11, Lye' substitute Hǽlsunga auguria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 28

comb

(n.)
Grammar
comb, es; m.

A low place inclosed with hills ⬩ a valley ⬩ vallis

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coríon

(n.)
Grammar
coríon, es; n? [= κόριον for κορίαννον = κορίανον,
  • Anac. 138
]

κόριον ⬩ κορίαννον = κορίανον ⬩ The herb coriander ⬩ coriandrum ⬩ ὑπέρικον

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