Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

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hringan

(v.)
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to surround

-holian

(v.; suffix)
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to get

hyrstan

(v.)
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to murmur

hyrstan

(v.)
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to fry

leccan

(v.)
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to blame

rípan

(v.)
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to ripen, (?)

-bǽdan

(suffix)
Grammar
-bǽdan, v. tó-bǽdan
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to exalt

blendan

(v.)
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to mix

waxan

(v.)

to wash.

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to wash

weallian

(v.)

to wall.

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to wall

wégan

(v.)

to delude.

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to delude

fyllan

(v.)

to fell.

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to fell

on-hreódan

(v.)

to adorn (?)

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to adorn (?)

spennan

(v.)

to allure ⬩ allicere, illicere, sollicitare, seducere

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to allure

spittan

(v.)

to spit.

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to spit

sprútan

(v.)
Grammar
sprútan, p. spreát, pl. spruton; pp. sproten

To sprout ⬩ pululo, ⬩ laetabitur germinans

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To sprout

Linked entries: spreótan sprot

á-wyrgan

(v.)

(to curse)

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(to curse)

Linked entry: wyrgan

ærian

(v.)

to plough

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to plough Hwilc man aþohte ǽrust myd sul to ærienne [MS. æriende] what man thought first of ploughing with a plough? Anlct. 113, 27

án-waldan

(v.)

to have sole power over ⬩ to exercise absolute rule ⬩ solam potestatem habere ⬩ dominari

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to have sole power over, to exercise absolute rule; solam potestatem habere, dominari He ðone ánwaldeþ he rules it, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 154

beágian

(v.)
Grammar
beágian, biágian; p. ode; pp. od

To crown ⬩ to set a garland on ⬩ coronare

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To crown, to set a garland on; coronare Of wuldre and weorþmynt ðú beágodest hine gloria et honore coronasti eum, Ps. Spl. 8, 6

Linked entries: bégian biágian

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