Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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fold-bold

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Se winsele on hrúsan ne feól, fæger foldbold. For the passage substitute

ge-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwyrft, es; m.
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A revolution On geáres gehwyrftum in anni-versariis Angl. xiii. 446, 1158

Linked entries: ge-hwerft hwyrft

ge-fægerness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fægerness, e; f.
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Beauty Hester wæs swíðe wlitig on wundorlicre gefægernysse, Hml. A. 95, 97

ge-fægnung

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Gefægnunge exultationis, Scint. 65, 5. On gefægenunga in exultatione, Bl. Gl. Add

ge-fandung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fandung, e; f.
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Trial On nánre gefandunge (fandunge, v. l. ), R. Ben. 107, 9 note

Linked entry: fandung

hanga

(n.)
Grammar
hanga, (?), an; m.
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A slope (?), declivity On líchangan; of líchangan, C. D. v. 321, 32

greót

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Hé on greút giswom the whale was stranded, Txts. 127, 7. Add

hearma-scinnen

(adj.)
Grammar
hearma-scinnen, adj.
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Of ermine On merðene pyleceon and hearmascynnene, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 32

Linked entry: hearma

impian

(v.)
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to imp, graft On længtene eregian and impian, Angl. ix. 262, 7

Linked entry: ge-impian

mearc-will

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-will, es; m.
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A boundary spring Ðonon on mearcwill; of mearcwille, Cht. E. 293, 26

midd

(n.)
Grammar
midd, es; n.
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The middle On midde manegra in medio multorum, Ps. L. 108, 30

sceard-hweogol

(n.)
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a circle made of shards (?) On sceardhweogol, C. D. iii. 419, 11. (?)

strǽlian

(v.)
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Þæt hý strǽlien (sagittent) on dígelnissum unwemme, Ps. Rdr. 63, 5. Add

tín-strenge

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On saltere týnstrengum in psalterio decent chordarum, Ps. L. 32, 2. Add

æt-speornan

Grammar
æt-speornan, <b>; II.</b>
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Add Hí (venti) ætspurnon (impegertint) on ðám húse, R. Ben. 5, 2

be-gíming

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On begímingum ( obseruationibus ) þínum mé ic begá, Ps. Rdr. 76, 13. Add

burg-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
burg-strǽt, a
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town-road On eásthealfe seó burhstrǽt, C. D. B. iii. 15, 11

ofer-brǽw

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-brǽw, -bráw, es; m.

An eye-brow ⬩ supercilium

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An eye-brow Hæfþ mǽden tácn on oferbráwe,Lchdm. iii. 188, 5

Linked entry: ofer-brú

deáþ-wége

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-wége, es; n. [deáþ death, wége a cup]

A deadly cup ⬩ mortis pōcŭlum

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A deadly cup; mortis pōcŭlum Ǽnig ne wæs mon on moldan ðætte meahte bibúgan ðone bleátan drync deópandeáþwéges there was not any man on earth that could avoid the miserable drink of the deep deadly cup, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 25; Gú. 964

fyðer-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
fyðer-féte, -fóte; adj.

Four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes

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Four-footed; quadrŭpes Fyðerféte nýten a four-footed animal, Med. ex Quadr. 1; Lchdm. i. 326, 11. Fyðerféte quadrŭpes, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 6. Ne on fyðerfótum ne on creópendum neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, Homl. Th. i. 486, 28

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