Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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gaðerian

(v.)

to gather

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Ben. Lye

gealewe

(adj.)

yellow ⬩ flāvus

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Ben. Lye

bí-leofa

(n.)

food

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Ben. 49

Linked entries: big-leofa bí-leofian

ge-flítgeorn

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-flítgeorn, adj.

Contentious ⬩ contentiōsus

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Ben. 71

ge-hlyst

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlyst, es; n.

Hearing ⬩ auditus

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Ben. 67

coxre

(n.)

a quiver

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Ben. Lye

cuellan

(v.)

to kill

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Ben. Lye

hoga

(n.)
Grammar
hoga, an; m.

Care

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Ben. 53, Lye

nimþe

(con.)
Grammar
nimþe, nemþe, nymþe; conj.

Unless ⬩ except

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Th. 93, 16 : Beo. Th. 3321; B. 1657.

Linked entry: nemþe

hohful-ness

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Add: solicitude, care Hohfulnesse be þingum gewítendlicum sollicitudinem de rebus transitoriis R. Ben. I. 16, 10. Þurh médderne hohful[nesse] per maternam sollicitudinem Hpt.

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
earfoþ-líce, adv.

With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardly ⬩ diffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre

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Hí óþ-eódon earfoþlíce they hardly escaped, Beo. Th. 5861; B. 2934

leornung-mann

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Ne mæg hé beón mín leorningman, Hml. S. 33, 114. Þæs láreówes hǽs and þæs leornincgmannes weorc, R. Ben. 20, 6. Þæra fíf bóca andgit geopenode se Ælmihitiga Láreów his leorningmannum, Hml. Th. ii. 396, 12. Add

heáfod-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-gewǽde, es; n.

A head-dress, veil

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A head-dress, veil Ðæt beó ðé tó heáfod-gewǽdon let it be to thee for a veil, Gen. 20, 16

æft-beteht

re-assigned

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Ben. 4

ælcra

(adv.)
Grammar
ælcra, adv.

Otherwise ⬩ aliter

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Ben. 62

andigende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
andigende, part.

envying

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Ben. interl. 55

ant-fenge

(adj.)
Grammar
ant-fenge, adj.

Acceptable ⬩ acceptabilis

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Ben. 5

byrden

(n.)
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Ben. Lye

cleót

(n.)

a clout

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Ben. Lye

cliewe

(n.)

a clew

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Ben. Lye

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