Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hebban, p. -hóf; pp. -hafen

To heave up ⬩ raise up ⬩ ferment ⬩ elevare ⬩ fermentare

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Lind. 12, 11. Gehefen biþ exaltabitur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 11

Linked entry: ge-hafen

wís-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-fæst, (
Similar entries
v. wíse, and cf. þeáw-fæst
); adj.

Perfect

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Lind. Rush. 19, 21. Wísfæst éghwelc bið perfectus omnis erit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 40. Folc wísfæst plebem perfectum, I. 17. Wísfæsto (perfecti) wossað gié. Rtl. 13, 19

aron

(v.)

estis

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Lind. 5, 11, = earon

bearnende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bearnende, part. of byrnan.

burning ⬩ ardens

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Lind. War. 5, 35

be-brugdon

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-brugdon, p. of be-bregdan.

they pretended

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Lind. War. 20, 20;

básnung

(n.)
Grammar
básnung, e; f.

Expectation ⬩ exspectatio

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Lind. War. 21, 26

burug

(n.)
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Lind. 5, 14

camal

(n.)
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Lind. War. 18, 25

doema

(n.)
Entry preview:

Lind. 5, 25

doeman

(v.)
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Lind. 7, 1

eft-lésing

(n.)
Grammar
eft-lésing, e; f.

Redemption ⬩ redemptio

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Lind. 20, 28

bi-fǽrende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bi-fǽrende, part.

Passing by

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Lind. War. 18, 36

ge-frígian

(v.)

to embrace

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Lind. 10, 16

ge-græppian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-græppian, p. ade; pp. ad

To seize

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Lind. 14, 31

Linked entry: græppian

ge-sagu

(n.)

a narration

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Lind. 1, 1

Linked entry: sagu

scripen

Grammar
scripen, scripende gloss
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Lind. Rush. 19, 21

sceamisc

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Dele, and see sceam-lim, sceamu; III

un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-rótsian, p. ode.

to be sad ⬩ to be sorrowful ⬩ to make sad or sorrowful

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Lind. 14, 19. Unrótsande wæs contristatus est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 9. to make sad or sorrowful Alle gidroefde ł unrótsade (unródsad ł gestyred, Lind.) wérun omnes conturbati sunt, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 50

sceácere

(n.)
Grammar
sceácere, es; m.

A robber

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Lind. 10, 1. Þeáfas and sceácaras fures et latrones, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, I. Mið sceácerum (sceácrum, Rush.) i mið sétnern cum seditiosis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 7

Linked entry: tó-sceácerian

ymb-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen
Entry preview:

To circumcise Gé ymbceorfas (-cearfas, Lind.) ðone monno circumciditis hominem, Jn. Skt. Rush. 7, 22. Tó ymbceorfanne (-cearfanne, Lind.) ðone cnæht circumcidere puerum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 59. Ðætte ymbcorfen wére ðe cnæht, 2, 21

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