Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

esul

(n.)

an ass

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Ben. Lye

falewe

(n.)
Grammar
falewe, fallow or

pale yellow

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Ben. Lye

fúlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fúlíce, adv.

Foully ⬩ sordĭde

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Ben. 82

fullnes

(n.)
Grammar
fullnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

FULNESS ⬩ plenĭtūdo

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Ben. Lye

gadrigendlíc

(adj.)

collective ⬩ collectīvus

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Ben. Lye

ead-leán

(n.)

a reward

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Ben. Lye

ealder

(n.)

an elder

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Ben. 4

ge-wýscing

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wýscing, e; f.

Adoption

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Ben. 2, Lye

Linked entries: -wýscing ge-wýscedness

blinnes

(n.)
Grammar
blinnes, blinness, e; f.

Rest ⬩ cessatio

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Ben. Lye

ge-britnod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-britnod, part. [ge-, brytnian to dispense]

Bestowed ⬩ impensus

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Ben. Lye

ge-hýrsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hýrsumlíce, adv.

Obediently ⬩ obĕdienter

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Ben. Lye

-winde

(suffix)
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Add: v. ber-, wiþo-winde

hálsung-gebed

(n.)
Grammar
hálsung-gebed, es; n.

Litany

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Ben. 9, Lye

Linked entry: ge-bed

cope-man

(n.)

a merchant

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Ben. Lye

Corn-weal

(n.)
Grammar
Corn-weal, es; m.

CORNWALL ⬩ Cornubia

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Ben. Lye

cors

(n.)
Grammar
cors, es; m.

A curse ⬩ execratio

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A curse; execratio Ben. Lye

cræn

(n.)

a crane

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Ben. Lye

spówan

(v.)
Grammar
spówan, speów

To succeed. ⬩ to be successful ⬩ it succeeds with a person (dat.)

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Hú him æt ǽte speów, Beo. Th. 6045; B. 3026

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perish ⬩ be lost ⬩ stray ⬩ escape

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Gaderiaþ ða láfe and hí ne losion gather the remnants, and let them not be lost, Homl. Th. i. 182, 21. Ne sceal hé for ðám læssan losian he shall not be lost for the lesser sins, ii. 336, 22.

Linked entry: lorian

BENC

(n.)
Grammar
BENC, e; f.

A BENCH ⬩ scamnum ⬩ abacus

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A BENCH; scamnum, abacus Bugon to bence they turned to a bench Beo. Th. 659; B. 327. On bence wæs helm a helm was on the bench Beo. Th. 2491; B. 1243

Linked entries: bænc BANC

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