Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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mót-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
mót-ærn, -ern, es; n.

A court-house

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Lind. 18, 28

ge-bernan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bernan, [ge-, bernan to burn]

To burn ⬩ combūrere

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Lind. 3, 17

ge-cælcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cælcian, p. ode; pp. od

To whiten ⬩ dealbare

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Lind. 23, 27

ge-druncnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-druncnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To sink ⬩ drown

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Lind. 5, 7

ge-hǽnan

(v.)

to accuse ⬩ condemn

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Lind. 8, 6; 8, 10

Linked entry: hǽnan

ge-milcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-milcian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To give milk, suckle ⬩ lactare

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Lind. 23, 29

under-drencan

(v.)

suffocare

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Lind. 5, 13

un-tweógendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíc, adj.

Certain

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Lind. 20, 6

Linked entry: tweógend-líc

un-rótlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rótlíc, adj.

Gloomy

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Lind. 16, 3

Linked entry: rót-líc

un-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þearf, adj.

Needless ⬩ useless

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Lind. 2, 6

un-myrhþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-myrhþ, e; f.

Sadness ⬩ misery

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Sadness, misery On unmyrhðe his líf geendian, Wulfst. 148, 9

Linked entry: un-mirigþ

wéstness

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

Lind. 21, 20

eág-brǽw

(n.)
Grammar
eág-brǽw, es; m.
Entry preview:

The eye-lid Mid þá eágbrǽwas, Lch. i. 352, 6

Linked entry: brǽw

ofer-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-cirr, es; m.

A passing over

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Lind. 1, 11

hoga-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hoga-fæst, adj.

Careful, ⬩ prudent

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Lind. 25, 2, 4

Linked entries: hyge-fæst hoh-

port-cwén

(n.)
Grammar
port-cwén, e ; f.
Entry preview:

Lind. 7, 37. 39. Mið portcuoenum meretricibus, 15, 30. Portcuoenes meretricis, Rtl. 106, 28, Portcuoene meretrici, 106, 30. Portcuoeno meretrices, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 31, 32

ymb-sceáwian

(v.)
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Lind. 5, 32. Ymbsceáwde (-sceówadun, Rush.) hiá circumspiciens eos 3, 5. Ymbsceáude (-sceówade, Rush.) hine intuitus eum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 42

æced-wín

(n.)
Grammar
æced-wín, es; n.

ACID-WINE ⬩ murratum vinum

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Lind. War. 15, 23

Linked entry: eced-wín

asal

(n.)
Grammar
asal, asald

an ass

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Lind. Stv. 18, 6: 21, 2

eher

(n.)

an ear of corn

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Lind. War. 4, 28

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