Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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Gent

(n.)
Grammar
Gent, Gænt, Gend

Ghent, in Flanders ⬩ Gandavum

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Ghent, in Flanders; Gandavum, Chr. 880; Erl. 83, 2

Linked entry: Gænt

under-holung

suffossum

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glosses suffossum in: Underholunga suffossa, Ps. Lamb. 79, 17

Linked entries: holing holung under-delf

under-wendan

(v.)

subvertere

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glosses subvertere in: Hé underwende subuertat, Scint. 196, 6

ǽ-swicness

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-swicness, e; f.
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Offence On ǽswicnesse in scandalum, Ps. L. 105, 36

be-hwearft

(n.)
Grammar
be-hwearft, es; m.
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Change On behwearftum in commutationibus. Ps. L. 43, 13

Linked entry: hwearft

Ebréisclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
Ebréisclíce, adv.
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In Hebrew Ebresclíce Hebraice, Jn. L. 19, 13, 17

for-sáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
for-sáwenness, (-saw- ?), e; f.

Contempt

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Contempt On forsáwennesse in abusione, Ps. L. 30, 19

Linked entry: -sáwenness

ge-sǽtnian

(v.)
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Take here ge-setnian (l. ge-sétnian) in Dict

Linked entry: sǽtnian

heals-mægeþ

(n.)
Grammar
heals-mægeþ, e; f.
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Dele 'e'; mægeþ is not inflected in the singular

on-cígung

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In 1. 2 dele '114, 3'; see previous word

oter

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Add: In place names, v. C. D. vi. 320

sandiht

Grammar
sandiht, sandihte.
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In þá sandihte strǽt, Cht. E. 239, 8. Add

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, a whirlpool.
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Dele: probably swyttes in the gloss is for swyftes

weald-leþer

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On wealdleðre in chamo, Ps. L. 31, 9. Add

weorold-welig

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-welig, adj.
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Rich in this world's goods Woruldwelige gítseras, Nap. 71

be-gyldan

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In gegerelan bigyldum ( deaurato ), Ps. Srt. 44, 10. Add

gúþ-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-deáþ, es; m.

Death got in fight

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Death got in fight, Beo. Th. 4491; B. 2249

frécedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
frécedlíce, adv.

In peril

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In peril Scipu frécedlíce geyrnað. Archiv cxx. 298, 6

screón

(v.)
Grammar
screón, (?); p. scráh

To cry out ⬩ proclaim ⬩ dicare

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To cry out, proclaim; dicare Forscráh abdicavit (in Lye)

Linked entries: for-scrífan for-scríhan

byg-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
byg-spæc, e; f.

A beguiling in speech ⬩ supplantatio

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A beguiling in speech; supplantatio, Ps. Spl. 40, 10

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