Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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deáþ-lícnes

(n.)

mortality

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dwés

(adj.)
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diégel-líce

(adv.)

secretly

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gaar-leece

(n.)

garlic

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cóf-líce

(adv.)

quickly

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cóf-scipe

(n.)

quickness

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comp-hád

(n.)

warfare

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coon

(adj.)

bold

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Linked entry: cón

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Ðǽr mé gifeðe ǽnig yrfeweard æfter wurde if any heir to follow me had been granted me, Beo. Th. 5455 ; B. 2731 : Cd. 83; Th. 103, 33 ; Gen. 1727. Óðres ne gýmeþ tó gebídanne yrfeweardas cares not to await another heir, Beo. Th. 4897; B. 2453.

tiht-bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
tiht-bisig, adj.
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Gif hwylc man sý swá tihtbysig and hine ðonne þreó men ætgædere teón, ðonne ne beo ðár nán óðer búton ðæt hé gange tó ðam þryfealdan ordále, L. C. S. 30; Th. i. 392, 22 ( and see the whole section for the penalties). Be tihtbysigum.

forfang-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
forfang-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

The reward for rescuing stolen cattle or lost property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur

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it may be less, L.

sorgung

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Ben. 55, 12), R. Ben. I. 62, 11. Add

lystan

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Ic hys hæbbe goodne dǽl gehýred, and ic hys eác gelífe; ac mé lyste hyt nú bet tó wítanne þonne tó gelýfanne it would be pleasanter to me for it to be known than to be believed, Solil.

á-teorodness

(n.)
Grammar
á-teorodness, á-teorodnessee; f.

Exhaustion ⬩ coming to an end

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Exhaustion, coming to an end Þá hálgan scínað and on þǽre beorhtnysse hí beóð ǽfre wunigende búton áteorodnysse (the brightness will never be exhausted), Hml. A. 44, 495

a-rédad

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-rédad, pp. of a-rédian.

discovered

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cwælm

(n.)

death

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elp

(n.)
Grammar
elp, an

elephant

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eówestras

sheepfolds

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Linked entry: éwestre

éster

(n.)

easter

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euen

(adj.)

even

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