Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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a-scofen

(v.; part.)

banished

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Ben. 63

beódende

(v.; part.)
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beódende, part. of beódan.

commanding

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Ben. 5

deáþ-lícnes

(n.)

mortality

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Ben. Lye

dwés

(adj.)
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Ben. Lye

diégel-líce

(adv.)

secretly

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Ben. Lye

gaar-leece

(n.)

garlic

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Ben. Lye

brægd-boga

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Delein bracket 'brægd . . . bend. '

cóf-líce

(adv.)

quickly

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Ben. Lye

cóf-scipe

(n.)

quickness

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Ben. Lye

comp-hád

(n.)

warfare

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Ben. Lye

coon

(adj.)

bold

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Ben. Lye

Linked entry: cón

ge-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-belgan, he -bylgþ, -bilhþ; p. -bealg, -bealh, pl. -bulgon; pp. -bolgen.

To make one angry ⬩ irritate ⬩ enrage ⬩ īra se tumefăcĕre ⬩ irrītāte ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ To anger ⬩ incense ⬩ irrītāre ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ To be angry ⬩ indignāri ⬩ irasci

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Gebulgon ða tyne hí be Iacobe and Iohanne dĕcem coepērunt indignāri de Jacobo ēt Joanne, Mk. Bos. 10, 41. trans. dat. To anger, incense; irrītāre, exaspĕrāre Ðæt he écean Dryhtne bitre gebulge that he had bitterly incensed the eternal Lord, Beo.

Linked entries: ge-bealg ge-bilegan ge-bolged ge-bolgen ge-bylgan

fæderen-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
fæderen-mǽg, fædern-mǽg, fædren-mǽg, -mág, es; m. [mǽg a relation]

A relation on the father's side, paternal relative ⬩ a patre cognātus, agnātus

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Fædrenmǽgum hiora dǽl mon agife let their share be given to the paternal kindred, 8 ; Th. i. 66, 22. Fædernmágas agnāti, Ælfc. Gl. 92; Som. 75. 37; Wrt. Voc. 51, 79

Linked entries: fædering-mǽg fædern-mǽg fædren-mǽg

hengen-wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
hengen-wítnung, e; f.

The punishment of imprisonment

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his life, let there be one of three things instead of his life, unless he obtain remission more favourably, wergild, perpetual thraldom, imprisonment, L.

ge-fére

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fére, es; n.
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Ben. 117, 20: 46, 2. Be ealles geféres endebyrdnesse de ordine quo congregatur, 113, 20. Gelaðige se abbod eal þæt gefére (omnem congregationem), 15, 5, 2, 8

mynegung

(n.)
Grammar
mynegung, e; f.

admonition ⬩ exhortation ⬩ a demand for payment of what is due ⬩ a claim

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Bed. pref.; S. 472, 8. ' Ne ondrǽde gé eów' hé cwæþ . . .. Þurh ðæs apostoles mungunge (myngunge, MSS. O. F. ; minegunge, MS. T. ), R. Ben. 53, 1. Heó wolde þurh his mynegungum hire mód getrymman. Homl. Th. ii. 146, 10.

Linked entry: mynung

freó

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Ðá ðe beóð mid synscipe gebundene ..., ðá ðe beóð frió ðára benda, Past. 177, 21. Freó, 393, 21. Ic wolde beón þí freóra Gode tó þáwianne, Solil.

sorgung

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

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.

a-bogen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-bogen, pp. of a-búgan, -beógan

bowed

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bowed; to bow, bend

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