Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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áncor

(n.)
Grammar
áncor, áncer; g. áncres; m.

An anchoret ⬩ hermit ⬩ anachoreta

Entry preview:

Gl. 63; Som. 68, 111

Linked entries: áncer áncor-líc

be-ládung

(n.)
Grammar
be-ládung, e; f.

An excuse ⬩ apologeticus ⬩ excusatio

Entry preview:

Gl. 106; Som. 78, 65; Wrt. Voc. 57, 44

beód-ern

(n.)
Grammar
beód-ern, es; n. [beód a table, ern a place]

A refectory ⬩ a dining-room ⬩ refectorium

Entry preview:

Gl. 107; Som. 78, 94; Wrt. Voc. 58, 9

clifig

(adj.)
Grammar
clifig, clifiht; adj.

CLIFFY, steep ⬩ clivosus

Entry preview:

Gl. 9; Som. 56, 120; Wrt. Voc. 19, 4: Cot. 34: 209

cipp

(n.)
Grammar
cipp, es; n?

A coulter, ploughshare ⬩ dentale

Entry preview:

Gl. 1; Som. 55, 7; Wrt. Voc. 15, 7

Linked entry: cyp

drican

Grammar
drican, [ = drincan]

to drink

Entry preview:

to drink, Somn. 112, 113 ; Lchdm. iii. 204, 22, 23: Ps. Spl. 77, 49. v drincan

deór-fald

(n.)
Grammar
deór-fald, es; m.

A deer-fold, a park, an enclosure for deer ⬩ cervōrum hortus, vivārium, saltus

Entry preview:

A deer-fold, a park, an enclosure for deer; cervōrum hortus, vivārium, saltus, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: fald

ébere-morþ

(n.)
Grammar
ébere-morþ, es; n. [ǽber clear, manifest; morþ murder]

Open murder, manslaughter ⬩ homĭcīdium manĭfestum

Entry preview:

II. 12, § l; Th. i. 522, 27, Som. Ben. Lye

efn-eald

(adj.)

co-eval

Entry preview:

Gl. 9; Som. 56, 119; Wrt. Voc. 19, 3

emb-wlátian

(v.)
Grammar
emb-wlátian, ic -wlátige; p. ode; pp. od

To look about, contemplate ⬩ contemplāri

Entry preview:

Gr. 25; Som. 27, 5, MS. D

fiðelere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðelere, es; m.

A fiddler ⬩ fĭdĭcen

Entry preview:

Gr. 9, 12; Som. 9, 25: Wrt. Voc. 73, 61

fóre-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen [fóre fore, ceorfan to cut]

To cut off the front ⬩ præcīdĕre

Entry preview:

Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 35

forst-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
forst-líc, adj.

Frost-like ⬩ frozen ⬩ glăciālis

Entry preview:

Gl. 94; Som. 75, 104; Wrt. Voc. 52, 54

fugel-doppe

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-doppe, es; m?

A dipping-fowl ⬩ water-fowl ⬩ mergŭlus

Entry preview:

Gl. 36; Som. 62, 118; Wrt. Voc. 29, 14

Linked entry: doppe

fugelian

(v.)
Grammar
fugelian, fuglian; p. ode; pp. od

To fowl ⬩ catch birds ⬩ aucŭpāri

Entry preview:

Gr. 25; Som. 27, 12, MS. D

Linked entry: fuglian

full-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
full-bétan, p. te; pp. ed

To make full satisfaction ⬩ sătisfăcĕre

Entry preview:

Gr. 37; Som. 39, 40

fyne

(n.)
Grammar
fyne, es; n?

Moisture ⬩ mould ⬩ ūlīgo

Entry preview:

Gl. 106; Som. 78, 47; Wrt. Voc. 57, 28

fyrþrung

(n.)
Grammar
fyrþrung, e; f.

A furthering ⬩ furtherance ⬩ promotion ⬩ promōtio

Entry preview:

A furthering, furtherance, promotion; promōtio Ceápes fyrþrung furtherance of trade, Somn, 167; Lchdm. iii. 208, 6

Linked entries: fryþing fyrderung

eald-móder

(n.)
Grammar
eald-móder, ealde-móder; f.

A grandmother ⬩ avia

Entry preview:

Gl. 91; Som. 75, 9; Wrt. Voc. 51, 54

hrif-wirc

(n.)
Grammar
hrif-wirc, -wærc, es; m.

yleos

Entry preview:

Gl. 10; Som. 57, 16; Wrt. Voc. 19, 24

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