Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

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á-spring

(n.)

a water-spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ seaturigo

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Cordis, Lye

carl-cat

(n.)
Grammar
carl-cat, es; m.
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Lye

carl-fugel

(n.)
Grammar
carl-fugel, es; m.
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Lye

ceace

(n.)
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Lye

Linked entry: ceaum

cearung

(n.)
Grammar
cearung, e; f. [cearu care]

Pensiveness, anguish of mind, a complaint ⬩ sollicitudo, Som. Ben. Lye.

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Lye

éc-sóþ

(adv.)
Grammar
éc-sóþ, éc-sóþlíce

but truly, but also ⬩ sed autem, vēre

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Lye

Linked entry: éc-sóþlíce

efen-gemæcca

(n.)
Grammar
efen-gemæcca, an; m.

A companion, husband ⬩ consors, consortii jūre æquālis

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Lye

Linked entry: ge-mæcca

emn-sárian

(v.)

to be alike sorry, to condole ⬩ condŏlēre

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Lye

fære-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
fære-sceat, -sceatt, es; m.

Fare-scot, passage-money ⬩ naulum, prĕtium transĭtus

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Lye

feórþ-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
feórþ-ríce, es; n.

Dominion over a fourth part ⬩ tetrarchia ⬩ τετραρχία

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Lye

forþ-stefn

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-stefn, es; m. [stefn a prow]

A fore-prow ⬩ prow ⬩ prōra

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Lye

fremdnys

(n.)
Grammar
fremdnys, -nyss, e; f.

Strangeness ⬩ the condition of a foreigner ⬩ peregrīnĭtas

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Lye

fré-ófestlíce

(adv.)

very hastily ⬩ quickly ⬩ speedily ⬩ præprŏpĕre ⬩ festinanter ⬩ expĕdīte

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Lye

frum-meolc

(n.)
Grammar
frum-meolc, -meoluc, e; f.

The first milk ⬩ nectar ⬩ prīmum lac ⬩ nectar

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Lye

Linked entry: meolc

fyrdringnes

(n.)

an exalting ⬩ promoting ⬩ advancing orfurthering ⬩ exaltātio ⬩ promōtio

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Lye

gældan

(v.)

to pay ⬩ depend ⬩ suspend ⬩ pendĕre ⬩ dependēre ⬩ suspendĕre

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Lye

gang-feormere

(n.)
Grammar
gang-feormere, es; m.

A jakes-farmer ⬩ privy-cleanser ⬩ fĭmārius ⬩ cloācārius

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Lye

hréða

(n.)
Grammar
hréða, an; m.

melotes

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A garment made of goat's skin; melotes, Cot. 133, Lye. ]

Linked entry: hrǽða

hrýtan

(v.)
Grammar
hrýtan, p. te

To scatter

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To scatter Se ðe hrét qui sternit, Prov. 10, Lye

Linked entry: hrétan

ge-wifsǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wifsǽlig, adj.

Fortunate ⬩ fato ⬩ fortuna felix

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Fortunate; fato vel fortuna felix, Cot. 88, 194, 196, Lye

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