Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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exl

(n.)
Grammar
exl, e; f.

Shoulder ⬩ hŭmĕrus

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Shoulder; hŭmĕrus He hit set on his exla impō;nit in humeros suos, Lk. Bos. 15, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 3148; An. 1577

Ingwine

Grammar
Ingwine, pl.
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M. 320-1; and see Ing

in-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
in-sendan, p. de

To send in

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To send in Insendes inmittit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 16. Insende engel dryhten inmittit angelum Dominus, Ps. Surt. 33, 8 : 39, 4

mere-hengest

(n.)
Grammar
mere-hengest, es; m.

A sea-steed ⬩ a ship

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A sea-steed, a ship, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 12; Rä. 15, 6: Bt. Met. Fox 26, 49; Met. 26, 25

pund

(n.)
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See also pyndan

grǽg-mǽl

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽg-mǽl, adj.
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See under 'grǽg,' the passage in which that adjective is applied to weapons

ge-lǽfa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lǽfa, an; m.

Belief ⬩ faith ⬩ fĭdes

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Belief, faith; fĭdes He wolde ðone Cristes gelǽfan gerihtan he would set right the faith of Christ, Chr. 680; Erl. 41, 14

sígend

(n.)
Grammar
sígend, es ; m.
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Movement of the sea, wave Sígend flustra, i. undae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 62. Flód flustra, sígendum flustris, 33, 33 : 76, 63

þri-snæcce

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-snæcce, -snæce, -snece; adj.

Three-pointed ⬩ cloven in three

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Three-pointed, cloven in three Þrysnece (-suæcce, -snæce) tungan hæfþ seó næddre trisulcam linguam habet serpens, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 12

un-tódǽledlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tódǽledlíce, adv.

Indivisibly ⬩ inseparably

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Indivisibly, inseparably Seó ðe hæfð ðás ðreó ðing on hire tógædre wyrcende untódǽledlíce, Homl. Th. i. 288, 25: 500, 14: 368, 2

Linked entry: tó-dǽledlíce

wit-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wit-leás, adj.

Witless ⬩ senseless

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Witless, senseless On ðam fíftan mónþe hé (the fœtus) biþ cwica and weaxeþ and seó módur líð witleás, Lchdm. iii. 146, 12

ge-cóplíce

(adv.)
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Hí ná seó hand and ꝥ gewrit þæs wrítendan swá gecóplíce (cóplíce, v.l., apte ) ne onféngce, Gr. D. 9, 19. ꝥ Add

Linked entry: cop-líce

grépe

(n.)
Grammar
grépe, an; f.
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See preceding word

heaþu-líþende

(adj.)
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In support of heaþu = sea note the other compounds of líþende, five denoting water, and the sixth (scip-liþende) motion on water

Linked entry: heáðu

hring-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
hring-sittend, es; m.
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A spectator in a circus Hrincsittendra circensium [v. hring-set (second example )], An. Ox. 65. Ringsittendra circentium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 31

hwaþerung

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

See preceding word

Linked entry: hwoþrung

on-gratian

(v.)
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See next word. (?)

Linked entry: gratian

purpul

(adj.)
Grammar
purpul, (?); adj.
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See next word

Súþ-healf

Entry preview:

On eásthealfe þeningden, and seó burhstrǽt on súþhealfe, Ælfríces mearc on westhealfe, and hamingford on norðhealfe, C. D. iii. 15, 11. Add

toppa

(n.)
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Toppa pensa (protendor seu serica pensa porrecta in gracilem pannum ceu stamina pepli, Ald. 272, 24), An. Ox. 23, 45

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