Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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láð

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
láð, es; n.

harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity

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What is hateful or harmful, harm, evil, injury, hurt, trouble, grief, pain, annoyance, enmity Ðætte monnum héh is laaþ [adj.?] is mið Gode quod hominibus altum est, abominatio est apud deum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 15.

línete

(n.)
Grammar
línete, an; f.

A linnet

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Ger. hanf hemp, hänfling linnet] Línete cardella, Wrt. Voc. 62, 46

tæfle

(adj.)
Grammar
tæfle, (?); adj.

Given to play

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Given to play Hond tæfles monnes the hand of the gamester, Exon. Th. 345, 8; Gn. Ex. 185

wrǽste

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽste, adf.

Delicately ⬩ elegantly

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Delicately, elegantly Ne hafu ic in heáfde hwíte loccas wrǽste gewundne, Exon. Th. 427, 30; Rä. 41, 99

ge-þracen

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Substitute: Strong, hardy, enduring Geþracen hors mannus vel brunnicus (brunicus equus tolutarius, Isidore), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 22

FEÓWER

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÓWER, feówere; nom. acc; gen. feówera, feówra; dat. feówerum:

FOUR ⬩ quătuor

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Seó hæfde feówere fét under wombe it had four feet under its belly, Exon. 109 b; Th. 418, 10; Rä. 37, 3

Linked entries: fiér fówer fyðer- feowðer fíf

lufian

(v.)
Grammar
lufian, p. ode

To love

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Ðæt is tó lufigenne on ðysse wyrte ðæt heó hafaþ gehwǽdne wyrttruman it is an excellent property of this plant, that it has a small root, Herb. 140, 1; Lchdm. i. 260, 5. Ðes lufigenda wer hic amans vir; ðis lufigende wíf hæc amans fæmina, Ælfc.

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

Winding ⬩ wrapping

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ordeal: Inseglige man ða hand, L.

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDE ⬩ skin

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Him seó hýd áheardod wæs on dǽm cneówum swá olfendan cneó beóþ the skin on his knees had got as hard as a camel's knees are, Shrn. 93, 10.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

glengista

Grammar
glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: 'In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.' In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

Angle

(n.)
Grammar
Angle, g. d. acc. of Angel

Anglen

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Anglen Ðæt land, ðe man Angle hǽt the land, which they call Anglen, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 37

ge-belimpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-belimpan, p. -belamp, pl. -belumpon; pp. belumpen

To happen ⬩ occur ⬩ befall ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ accĭdĕre ⬩ contingĕre

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To happen, occur, befall; evĕnīre, accĭdĕre, contingĕre Hit gebýraþ ðæt hit gebelimpe oportet hæc fiĕri, Mk. Bos. 13, 7

Linked entry: be-limpan

táh-spora

(n.)
Grammar
táh-spora, -spura, an; m.

The point of the toe(?)

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Voc. ii. 127, 47. v. hand-spora, hél-spure, sporu

Hæfeldan

(n.)

the name of a Slavonic people

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the name of a Slavonic people Wylte ðe man Hæfeldan hǽt, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 39 : 19, 18

hagalian

(v.)
Grammar
hagalian, p. ode
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To hail Hit hagalade stánum ofer ealle Rómáne saxea de nubibus grando descendens, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 104, 20

on-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
on-hende, adj.

On hand, demanding attention

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On hand, demanding attention Hié forgeátan ðara útera gefeohta ðe him anhende wǽron, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 24

Linked entry: of-hende

smæll

(n.)
Grammar
smæll, es; m.

A smack, blow with the open hand ⬩ a smacking ⬩ cracking sound

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A smack, blow with the open hand Dynt ł smæll mið honde uutearde alapam Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 22

Linked entries: hand-smæll smillan

forþ-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-wísian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To guide forth ⬩ direct ⬩ dirĭgĕre

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To guide forth, direct; dirĭgĕre Him seleþegn forþwísade the hall-thane guided him forth, Beo. Th. 3595; B. 1795

eall-rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-rúh, adj.

All-rough ⬩ omnīno hirsūtus

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All-rough; omnīno hirsūtus Se wæs reád and eall rúh he was red and all hairy, Gen. 25, 25

láþ-leás

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Th. i. 164, 17) wið ǽlce hand, Ll. Lbmn. 144, 13. Add

Linked entry: lǽþ-leás

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