Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-wéne

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wéne, adv.

Perhaps ⬩ forte

Entry preview:

Rush. 14, 2

Linked entry: ge-wén

geher

(n.)

an ear of corn

Entry preview:

Rush. 4, 28

on-mearcung

(n.)
Grammar
on-mearcung, e; f.

An inscription

Entry preview:

Rush. 12, 24

ge-sweopornes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweopornes, -swiopernis, -ness, -niss, e; f.

Cunning ⬩ craftiness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ astutia,

Entry preview:

Rush. 12, 15

wæter-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wæter-leás, adj.

Without water, dry

Entry preview:

Hé gáð ðerh stówa (-e, Rush.) wæterleása (-e, Rush.) perambulat per loca inaquosa, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 24

sáwend

(n.)
Grammar
sáwend, es; m.

A sower

Entry preview:

Rush. 4, 3. Se sáwena (sáwend?) qui seminat, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 3. Gehéraþ gelícnisse ðæs sáwendes audite parabolam seminantis, 13, 18. Cf. Similar entries leóhtsáwend lucisator, Germ. 389, 2

Linked entry: leóht-sáwend

a-swópen

(v.; part.)

swept ⬩ cleaned

Entry preview:

Rush. Stv. 12, 44

baorm

(n.)

bosom

Entry preview:

Rush. War. 13, 23

gæfel-geroefa

(n.)
Grammar
gæfel-geroefa, -gehréfa, -hroefa; m.

A publican

Entry preview:

Rush. 5, 46; 9, 11, 10

Linked entry: gafol-geréfa

nyhtness

(n.)
Grammar
nyhtness, e; f.

Abundance

Entry preview:

Rush. 12, 34

ymb-ceorfness

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-ceorfness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Rush. 7, 23

Linked entry: ceorf-ness

hǽðena

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðena, an; m.

A heathen, gentile

Entry preview:

Rush. 21, 25

cæster

(n.)
Grammar
cæster, e; f.
Entry preview:

Rush. Stv. 5, 14: 8, 34

cúðe-men

(n.)
Grammar
cúðe-men, pl. m.

Relations ⬩ cognati

Entry preview:

Rush. 1, 58

Linked entry: cúðo-menn

embiht

(n.)
Grammar
embiht, es; m.

A servant ⬩ minister

Entry preview:

Rush. War. 7, 46

bi-cerran

(v.)

to pass by ⬩ præterire

Entry preview:

Rush. War. 6, 48

bodere

(n.)
Grammar
bodere, es; m.

A teacher, a master ⬩ præceptor

Entry preview:

Rush. War. 9, 33

ge-byrd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-byrd, part. p.

Burdened

Entry preview:

Rush. 11, 28

þurh-fæstnian

(v.)

to transfix

Entry preview:

Rush. 19, 37

wærc-sár

(n.)
Grammar
wærc-sár, es; n.

Pain

Entry preview:

Rush. 13, 8

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