Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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forþ-man

(n.)

one very rich or wealthy ⬩ prædīves

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fór-witolnes

(n.)
Grammar
fór-witolnes, -ness, e; f.

Foreknowledge ⬩ diligence ⬩ industry ⬩ præscientia ⬩ industria

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Ben. interl. 27

fram-síþ

(n.)

a going from or away ⬩ departure

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freá-hræd

(adj.)
Grammar
freá-hræd, adj.

Very quick ⬩ speedy ⬩ swift ⬩ prŏpĕrus ⬩ expĕdītus

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Fróm

(n.)
Grammar
Fróm, e; f.

FROME ⬩ flŭvii nōmen in agro Dorsetensi

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fugel-hǽlsere

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-hǽlsere, es; m. [hǽlsere a diviner]

A diviner by birds ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ augur

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fyld

(n.)
Grammar
fyld, es; m.

A fold ⬩ volume ⬩ vŏlūmen

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Ben. Lye.Hpt. Gl. 494

ge-áhnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-áhnung, e; f.

An appropriation ⬩ possession ⬩ owning ⬩ appropriātio ⬩ possessio

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eág-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
eág-æppel, es; m.

The apple of the eye ⬩ pupilla

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eág-séung

(n.)
Grammar
eág-séung, e; f.

Eye-seeing, eye-sight ⬩ ocŭlōrum acies

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eáh-mist

(n.)
Grammar
eáh-mist, es; m.

Eye-mist or dimness ⬩ ocŭlōrum calīgātio

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ealu-sceop

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-sceop, es; m.

An ale-brewer, a brewer ⬩ cervĭsiārius

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ge-bolged

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bolged, part.

Caused to swell ⬩ made angry ⬩ tumĭdus ⬩ indignātus

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ge-bræcseócnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bræcseócnes, -ness, e; f. [ge-, bræcseócnes epilepsy]

The falling sickness ⬩ epilepsy ⬩ morbus comĭtiālis ⬩ epilepsia

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ge-beterung

(n.)

an amending ⬩ bettering ⬩ making better ⬩ emendātio ⬩ instauratio

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Linked entry: beterung

á-hálsian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hálsian, p. ode
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Ben. I. 15, 3

Linked entry: hálsian

for-wrecan

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Ben. 83, 1. Add

á-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
á-wénan, p. de

To consider

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Ben. I. 4, 12

Linked entry: wénan

folc-frig

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-frig, folc-frý; adj.

Folk-free ⬩ līber ăpud plēbern

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Folk-free; līber ăpud plēbern Beó he syððan folcfrig be he afterwards folk-free, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 17. Se sié folcfrý let him be folk-free, L. Wih. 8; Th. i. 38, 15. cf. Grm. RA. 349

feald

(num.; suffix)

fold

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fold (as a multiplicative) Þæt man ǽlcne ceáp mihte be twám fealdum (be twiefealdan, S. 248, 2) bet geceápian þonne man ǽr mihte ut duplicia quam usque ad id fuerant rerum venalium pretia statuerentur, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 37

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