Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-fæd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fæd, adj. [ge-fadian to set in order]

Orderly ⬩ dispŏsĭtus

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Orderly; dispŏsĭtus Ðæt preósta gehwilc to sinoþe hæbbe gefædne man to cnihte that every priest at the synod have an orderly man for servant, L. Edg. C. 4; Th. ii. 244, 14

ge-fréfran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fréfran, p. ede; pp. ed

To comfort ⬩ console ⬩ consolari

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Heó nolde beón gefréfred noluit consolari, Mt. Bos. 2, 18. Gefroefred, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 5

Linked entry: ge-froefred

fore-leóran

(v.)

to precede ⬩ pass by

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to precede Ic forlióro (foregá, R.) iówih praecedam vos, Mt. L. 26, 32. Foreliórað íwih praecedit vos, 28, 7. to pass in front of, pass by Foreliórende praetereuntes, Mt. R. 27, 39

frum-wífung

(n.)
Grammar
frum-wífung, e; f.
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First marriage by a man Lǽwede man mót óðre síðe wífian, ac þá canones forbeódaþ þá bletsunga þǽrtó þe tó frumwífunge gesette sýn, Ll. Th. ii. 332, 34, 38: Wlfst. 304, 27

ge-súgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-súgian, p. ode; pp. od

To be silent; ⬩ tăcēre

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To be silent; tăcēre Gif ðú gesúgian meahte if thou mightest be silent, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 4, MS. Cot. Gesúgode he he was silent, 17; Fox 58, 21, MS. Cot

bysmerung

(n.)
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blasphemy; blasphemia, Mk. Bos. 3, 28

be-gytan

(v.)

to obtain

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to obtain Mt. Bos. 5, 7

déglíce

(adv.)

secretly

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secretly, Mt. Lind. Stv. 20, 11

dégolnis

(n.)

solitude

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solitude, Mt. Lind. Stv. 6, 6

deóful

(n.)

the devil

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the devil, Mt. Bos. 13, 19

díhlum

in secret

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in secret, Mt. Bos. 6, 6

doefe

(adj.)
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perfect, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 21

fædyr

(n.)

a father

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a father, Mt. Foxe 23, 9

fefor

(n.)

a fever

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a fever, Mt. Bos. 8, 15

feówertene

(n.; num.; adj.)

fourteen

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fourteen, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 1, 17

for-hogydnys

(n.)

contempt

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MS. Ps. 118, 22

for-scruncon

(v.)
Grammar
for-scruncon, p. pl. of for-scrincan.

dried up

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dried up, Mt. Bos. 13, 6;

for-sworcen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-sworcen, pp. of for-sweorcan.

darkened ⬩ obscured

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darkened, obscured, Mt. Bos. 24, 29;

frico

(n.)
Grammar
frico, f.

Usury ⬩ usura

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Usury; usura, Mt. Lind. 25, 27

in-sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
in-sceáwung, e ; f.

Inspection

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Inspection, Mt. Kmbl, p. 4, 6

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