Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

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eal-hús

(n.)

an ale-house

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Ben. Lye

greátnes

(n.)
Grammar
greátnes, se; f.
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Ben. 55, Lye

ge-bégdnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bégdnes, -bégednes, -ness, e; f.

Crookedness ⬩ aduncĭtas ⬩ oblīquĭtas

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Ben. Lye

ge-bégendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bégendlíc, adj.

Bending ⬩ flexible ⬩ flexĭbĭlis

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Ben. Lye

ge-brégdnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brégdnes, -ness, e; f.

Fear ⬩ dread ⬩ tĭmor ⬩ terror

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Ben Lye

ge-brýsednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brýsednes, -ness, e; f.

A bruising ⬩ contūsio

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Ben. Lye

ge-leáfnes-word

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfnes-word, es; n.

A pass-word

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A pass-word, Beo. Th. 496

géme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
géme-leás, adj.

Negligent ⬩ neglĭgens

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Ben. 54

earm-slífe

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Ben. I. 93, 9

gýmeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gýmeleáslíce, gémeleáslíce; adv.

Carelessly ⬩ negligenter

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Ben. 44, Lye

Linked entry: geómeleáslíce

hand-gripe

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gripe, es; m.

Grasp ⬩ pugillus

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Grasp, Beo. Th. 1934; B. 965

brǽd

(adj.)

broad ⬩ latus

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broad; latus, Beo. Th. 4421, note

breát

(v.; part.)
Grammar
breát,

destroyed,

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destroyed, Beo. Th. 3430; B. 1713;

brocen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brocen, pp. of brecan.

broken

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broken, Beo. Th. 4132; B. 2063;

cornoch

(n.)
Grammar
cornoch, es ; m.

A crane ⬩ grus

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Ben. Lye

costnes

(n.)
Grammar
costnes, -ness, e; f.

A temptation ⬩ tentatio

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Ben. Lye

cræft-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cræft-líc, adj.

Artificial ⬩ artificialis

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Ben. Lye

ge-sinlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sinlíce, adv.

Curiously ⬩ strictly ⬩ curiose,

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Ben. 58

Linked entries: sinlíce ge-synlíce

firlen

distance

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Þá gebróðra þe feorr beóð on geswince and hig ne magon for ðám fyrlene heora cyrcan gesécan, R. Ben. 78, 5. Þeáh þe hé on fyrlene wǽre, Hml. S. 6, no: 18, 174. Sum dǽl þæs folces on fyrlene wæs fram Mathathiam, 25, 237.

wearda

(n.)
Grammar
wearda, (?), wearde (?), an; m. or f.

A watchman or a watch

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Icel. varða a beacon; varð-berg a look-out place: O. H. Ger. wart-perg), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 191, 34. Cf. On weardæs beorh, 291, 23: 112, 32. Weardan excubiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 16

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