Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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eáste

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
eáste, an; f. (?)
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See first passage under eást; adj

ge-rínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rínan, to touch.
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The passage should be given under ge-hrínan

grambǽrnes

(n.)
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Take here the passage in Dict. under gramfærnys

lád-scipe

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(See passage under lád; V.) Add

riht-æþelu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-æþelu, riht-æþelo.
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Take here the passage given under riht-aþelo

Linked entry: riht-aþelu

ymb-faru

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Take here the second passage under ymb-fær

be-fillan

(v.)

to fell.

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to fell.See examples under be-fyllan in Dict

be-rífan

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Take here passage under be-rýfan in Dict. and cf. be-reáfian

Linked entry: be-rýfan

gold-fæt

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Add: Ph. 303 (given under gold-fæt a plate of gold) and

spelt

(n.)
Grammar
spelt, a board of a book; planca.
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Take here the first two instances given under spelt corn, and add:

hinder

(adv.)
Grammar
hinder, adv.

Back, ⬩ on the further side, ⬩ behind, ⬩ down

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Back, on the further side, behind, down Morðor món sceal under eorþan befeolan hinder under hrusan murder must be buried under earth, down under ground, Exon. 91 a; Th. 340, 24; Gn. Ex. 116.

Linked entries: on-hinder hindema hinder-þeóstru

innan

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Add:, ingan. v. innan-burhware, and ing under inn

wund-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wund-lác, es; n.

A wound

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A wound; Similar entries see first passage under wundel

hræd-rípe

(adj.)
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See instances given under rǽd-rípe. (l. ræd-rípe.)

ymb-fær

(n.)
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The second passage should be put under ymb-faru

giftan

(v.)
Grammar
giftan, (?) to marry.
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Th. ii. 150, 24 under gift; 3. [Icel. giptask to marry.]

prím

(n.)
Grammar
prím, prime, the first hour, six o'clock; also the service held at that hour, v. prím-sang
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Prím prima, undern tertia, middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 10-12. Onginnaþ heáfudcwido tó prím ( ad primam ), Rtl. 166, 17. Gibedd tó prím, 171, 27.

ge-bregd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bregd, es; n, [ge-, bregdan to move to and fro]

A moving to and fro ⬩ agitation ⬩ tossing ⬩ vibrātio ⬩ agĭtātio ⬩ jactātio

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A moving to and fro, agitation, tossing; vibrātio, agĭtātio, jactātio Nis ðǽr on ðam londe wedra gebregd hreóh under heofonum, ne se hearda forst there is not in that land tossing of tempests rough under heaven, nor the hard frost, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Hé weóx under wolcnum, weorþmyntum þáh, Beo. Th. 16; B. 8. Se Hǽlend þéáh on wísdóme and on ylde Jesus proficiebat sapientia et aetate, Lk. Skt. 2, 52: Homl. Skt. i. 2, 23. Þeáh hwá þeó on eallum welum and on eallum wlencum, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 31.

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

bi-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fleón, part. -fleónde

To escape, to pass by or under ⬩ subterfugere

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To escape, to pass by or under, to go away privately; subterfugere,Cot. 192

Linked entry: be-fleón

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