Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ǽ-wird

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-wird, -werd ; adj.
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Corrupt Sé bið ǽwerd on his lífe. Lch. iii. 162, II

Linked entry: ǽ-werd

ǽte

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Eft, sealf; ǽtan gecnúa, lege on, Lch. ii. 118, 28. Add

cleac

(n.)
Grammar
cleac, e; f.
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A stepping-stone On cleaca, C. D. iv. 36, 3, 12

costigend

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Þone costigend on helle grund besencean, Bl. H. 33, 19. Add

ciric-hyll

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hyll, a hill near a church (?) or on which a church stands (?) [Churchill occurs several times in England as a local name; cf. Icel. Kirkju-fell.]
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Of cirichylle . . . on cirichylle, C. D. B. ii. 394, 30, 39

crísten-ness

(n.)
Grammar
crísten-ness, e; f.
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Christianity Ꝥ hé ús áhebbe on þá sóþan crístennesse, Nap. 14

estas

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On þeódherpoð oþ þá éstas, C. D. B. ii. 270, 7

feoh-gafol

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Ne higion hí on feohgafole usuris nequaquam incumbant, Nap. 21. Add

freósan

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Hit begann on ǽfnunge egeslíce freósan, Hml, S. 11, 153. Add

grénian

(v.)
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On lengtentíman springað oððe gréniað wæstmas, Angl. viii. 312, 22. Add

hlúd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hlúd-ness, e; f.

Loudness ⬩ clamour

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Loudness, clamour Clamor on Englisc ys hlúdnys, Angl. viii., 332, 3

in-fóster

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Add: breeding on one's own farm, rearing from one's own stock

leáf-helmig

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For 'frondicoma, Germ. 390' substitute On léthelmigum frondicomis Germ. 390, 102

sǽnig

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽnig, adj.
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Marine On saenegum in glari(g)eris, Angl. xiii. 32, 125

Linked entry: sǽn

un-gebrosnod

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Wuninge on þe se ungebrosnod geleáfa, Verc, Först. 145, 4. Add

wig-steall

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Hé eóde binnan þonne weóhstal on norðhealfe, Vis. Lfc. 68. Add

á-swengan

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On ðé áswenged (iactatus) ic eom, Ps. Rdr. 21, 11. Add

mealmiht

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On þone mealmihtan ford, C. D. B. iii. 63, 27. Add

Bret-land

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-land, es; n.

Britain

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Britain On Bretlande in Britain, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 2

or-gálscipe

(n.)
Grammar
or-gálscipe, (?), es; m.

Wantonness

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Wantonness Orgálscype (on gálscype (?), orgelscipe (?) ), wrénscipe petulantia, Hpt. Gl. 525, 74

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