Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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æt-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen; v. a. n. [æt, sacan to charge, accuse]

To deny ⬩ disown ⬩ abjure ⬩ negare ⬩ detestari ⬩ abjurare

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To deny, disown, abjure: negare, detestari, abjurare Ðá ætsacaþ ðæs ærýstes qui negant esse resurrectionem, Lk. Bos. 20, 27: L. Ath. i. 4;Th. i. 202, 2: i. 6; Th. i. 202, 12, 13. Ðá ætsóc he at ille negavit, Mk. Bos. 14, 68: Lk. Bos. 22, 57. Ðá ætsóc

cyning-gierela

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-gierela, an; m. A royal crown, diadem; regalis tænia [= ταινία]diadema = διάδημα, Som. Ben. Lye.

drýme

(n.)

a song

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a song, Som. Ben. Lye

on-irnan

(v.)
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to yield, give way Duru sóna onarn fýrbendum fæst, syððan hé hire folmum [hrán], Beo. Th. 1447; B. 721. Duru sóna onarn þurh handhrine háliges gástes, Andr. Kmbl. 1998; An. 1000

be-gellan

(v.)

to sing ⬩ to celebrate by song

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to sing, to celebrate by song

dægréd-sang

(n.)
Grammar
dægréd-sang, es; m.

Morning song ⬩ matutīna cantio

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Morning song; matutīna cantio, C. R. Ben. 20

leóþ-gidding

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-gidding, e; f.

A poem ⬩ song

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A poem, song, Andr. Kmbl. 2956; An. 1481

Linked entry: gidding

heal-gamen

(n.)
Grammar
heal-gamen, es; m.
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Hall-mirth, song, Beo. Th. 2136; B. 1066

Linked entry: heall-gamen

gúþ-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-leóþ, es; n.

A war-song

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A war-song, Beo. Th. 3048; B. 1522

líc-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
líc-leóþ, es; n.

dirge ⬩ epicedion

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A funeral song, dirge; epicedion, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 2

healf-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-scyldig, adj.

Half-guilty

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Half-guilty Healfscyldig temeson, medius sons, Hpt. 31, 12, 251

wóþ-sang

(n.)
Grammar
wóþ-sang, es ; m.

Song

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Song Wítgena wóðsong, Exon. Th. 4, 1; Cri. 46

mysci

(n.)
Grammar
mysci, pl.

Flies

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Flies Sóna cwóman mysci manige venit cynomyia, Ps. Th. 104, 27

Æðelbald

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbald, es; m. [æðele, bald bold, brave]

Æthelbald ⬩ Æthelbaldus

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Æthelbald; Æthelbaldus; the eldest son of Ælhelwulf. Æthelbald, the eldest brother of Alfred, was king of Wessex for five years, from A. D. 855-860 A.

a-galan

(v.)
Grammar
a-galan, he -gælþ; p. -gól, pl. -gólon; pp. -galen [a, galan to sing]

To sing ⬩ chant ⬩ canere ⬩ cantare

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To sing, chant; canere, cantare He fúsleóþ agól he sang the death-song, Exon. 52b; Th. 183, 1; Gú, 1320. Fyrdleóþ agól wulf on walde a war-song sung the wolf in the wood, Elen. Kmbl. 54; El. 27: Beo. Th. 3047; B. 1521

Linked entries: a-gælende a-gól

bist

Grammar
bist, art, shalt be; es, eris, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 43: Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 28;
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2nd pers. pres. and fut. of beón

etst

(v.)
Grammar
etst, he et eatest, eats; es, est, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 18;
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of etan

ǽfen-lof

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-lof, es; n.
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Even-song Æfter ǽfenlofe post uespertinalem laudem Angl. xiii. 437, 1035

brand

Grammar
brand, Beo. Th. 2045, note; B. 1020, note; an error of the copyist for bearn
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a son

ǽfen-sang

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-sang, es; m.

EVEN-SONG ⬩ vespers ⬩ vespertinus cantus

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EVEN-SONG, vespers; vespertinus cantus, L. Ælf. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 7

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