Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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un-sceamig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceamig, adj.

Not to be confounded ⬩ unabashed

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Not to be confounded, unabashed Is on mé sweotul ðæt ðú unscamge ǽghwæs wurde on ferþe fród in me is it plain, that thou, O woman not to be confounded! hast become in everything sagacious in mind, Exon. Th. 275, 18; Jul. 552

Linked entry: sceamig

ǽþmian

(v.)
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Substitute. to send forth vapour, be heated, be in a ferment Þá þe on gewilnunge grǽdignysse ǽþmeað qui desiderio cupiditatis exestuant, Scint. 112, 11. to send forth a smell Ǽþmmigende redolentia, Germ. 391, 202. [O. H.

þeáwfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
þeáwfæstness, e; f.
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Be sealmsanges ðeáwfæstnesse de disciplina psallendi, R. Ben. 45, 2. Ða cild mid steóre and þeáwfæstnysse ( cum disciplina ) heora endebyrdoysse healdon, 116, 9: R. Ben. Interl. 106, 12. On háligre þeáwfæstnesse, Homl. Ass. 40, 406, 404: Homl.

in-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
in-beornan, p. -bearn

To burn

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To burn, be on fire Inbiorne wé inardescamus, Rtl. 95. 27

Mircisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Mircisc, adj.

Mercian

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Mercian Be Merciscan áðe, L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 18

wyrm-hord

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-hord, es; n.
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A treasure held by a serpent, Beo. Th. 4447; B. 2222

dǽdbótnys

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For Scint. 9 substitute Be dǽdbótnysse de penitenlia Scint. 41, 4

ge-hangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hangian, to hang (intrans.),
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be suspended Ꝥ hé gehongiga ut suspendatur, Mt. L. 18, 6

ge-wisse

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wisse, adv.
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Certainly Hé sylf wiste gewissast be ðám, Hml. S. 21, 110

Linked entry: wisse

lǽwan

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Be Iúdan Scarioth þe hine lǽwde, Ps. Th. 3, arg. Add

land-bygen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-bygen, This form in the following passage seems an error, as the law, in the title of which it occurs, deals with the sale of a fellow-countryman
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Be landbygene (= landleóda[n] bebygene?), Ll. Th. i. 110, note I

on-ǽht

(n.)
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Perhaps on ǽhte should be read in the passage given here

spearcian

(v.)
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Gl. 501, 5) probably spircendum should be read

un-tóworpenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tóworpenlic, adj.
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Not to be destroyed, inviolable Unteworpanlice inviolabilem, An. Ox. II, 153

gúþ-sceaða

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-sceaða, an; m.

One who harms by warlike attack

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One who harms by warlike attack, Beo. Th. 4625; B. 2318

hálsigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
hálsigendlíc, hálsiendlíc; adj.

That may be entreated

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That may be entreated Hálsiendlíc deprecabilis, Ps. Spl. M. 89, 15

on-gebroht

(adj.)
Grammar
on-gebroht, adj.

Imposed

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Imposed Be ongeb[r]ohtum de inrogata, Hpt. Gl. 514. 62

á-swárcnian

(v.)

to be grieved ⬩ confounded

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to be grieved, confounded Ic áswárcnode tabescebam, Ps. L. 138, 21

hyge-bend

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-bend, es; m: e; f.
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A tie or bond which is furnished by the mind Hygebendum fæst fixed firm by the mind's chains, Beo. Th. 3761; B. 1878

for-gildan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gildan, -gyldan, -gieldan, -geldan; he -gildeþ, -gilt; p. ic, he -geald, ðú -gulde, pl. -guldon; subj. pres. -gilde, pl. -gilden; p. -gulde, pl. -gulden; pp. -golden

To pay for ⬩ make good ⬩ repay ⬩ requite ⬩ recompense ⬩ reward ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ exsolvĕre ⬩ compensāre ⬩ retrĭbuĕre

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756: Beo.

Linked entries: for-geldan for-gieldan

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