Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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un-meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-meahtig, -mehtig, -mihtig; adj.

not mighty ⬩ weak ⬩ impotent ⬩ of little power or means ⬩ impossible

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Ðé læs ðe unmihtig man feorr for his ágenon swince, L. Ff.; Th. i. 224, 27. Tó ánum mǽdene unmihtigum tó wíge, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 257. Ðý læs mon unmihtigne man tó feor for his ágenan swencte, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 3.

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, adj.
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Add: physical. of metal, free from dross or alloy Fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós, Cht. Th. 168, 16.

láð-treów

(n.)
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a fell, harmful tree [the tree of knowledge], Cd. 30; Th. 40, 25; Gen. 644

þri-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-gilde, adj.

To be paid threefold

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To be paid threefold Cleroces feoh .iii. -gylde, L. Ethb. 1; Th. i, 2, 6

un-gelácnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelácnod, adj.

Uncured

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Uncured Næs nǽnig untrum ðæt hé ungelácnod fram him férde, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 16

Linked entries: ge-lácnian un-lácnod

prass

(n.)
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Hé mid swíðlicum prasse férde, Hml. S. 29, 208: 25, 302

riht-landgemǽre

(n.)
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a lawful boundary to land Ofer feld on ðá rihtlandgemǽre, C. D. iii. 446, 18

Linked entries: riht-gemǽre land-gemǽre

ge-léned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-léned, part. p.

Lent

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Lent Geléned feoh res credita, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 58, 2; Wrt. Voc. 20, 70

lytel-fóta

(adj.)
Grammar
lytel-fóta, adj.
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Having small feet Litelfóta petilus, Ælfc. Gl, 76; Som. 71, 132; Wrt. Voc. 45, 35

sceaþel

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþel, e; f.
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Hé sceal habban fela tówtóla . . . cranc*-*stæf, sceaþele, seámsticcan, Anglia ix. 263, 14

sceacga

(n.)
Grammar
sceacga, an; m.
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The hair of the head; cf. shaggy Feax, sceacga coma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 56

Linked entry: feax-sceacga

sprecol

(adj.)
Grammar
sprecol, specol; adj.
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Spl. 139, 12. v. fela-, ofer-, swíð-sprecol

Linked entry: specol

tow-tól

(n.)
Grammar
tow-tól, es; n.
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An implement for spinning Hé sceal fela towtóla habban, flexlínan, spinle . . . Anglia ix. 263, 10

ǽ-rǽfe

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-rǽfe, (-reáfe); adj.
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Discovered Hí drifon stacan on Wulfstánes feder, and ðet werð ǽreáfe, Cht. Th. 230, 16

Linked entry: ǽ-reáfe

ge-fǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fǽge, (?), adj.
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Freóndum gefǽgra, B. 913. v. ge-feón, and for form cf. (?) ge-sprǽce

Linked entry: -fæge

Persisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Persisc, adj.
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Persian Seó reáfung ðæs Persiscan feós, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 84, 21: Jud. Thw. 162, 23

stacga

(n.)
Grammar
stacga, (?), an; m.
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A stag Regalem feram, quam Angli staggon appellant, L. C. F. 24; Th. i. 429, 5

Linked entry: staggon

weorold-strengu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-strengu, f.
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Physical strength Mec feónda sum feore besnyþede, woruldstrenga binom, Exon. Th. 407, 30; Rä. 27, 2

Eoforwíc-stól

(n.)
Grammar
Eoforwíc-stól, es; m.
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The see of York Féng Ealdulf aƀƀ of Burch tó Eoferwícstóle, Chr. 992; P. 127, 21

féran

Grammar
féran, <b>; I 1.</b>
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Add On weg féran to travel, Lch. ii. 330, 9. add : Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 23

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