Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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werde

(n.)
Grammar
werde, glosses opes, Kent. Gl. 864. (
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For préde? cf. opes superbe ofermóde préde, 249.)

án-dæge

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Dele last passage, for which see next word

flǽsc-gebyrd

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For Mone B. 499 substitute An. Ox. 429

geárlíce

(adv.)
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For Cot. substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 49

-lǽca

(suffix)
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For ag-lǽca l. ág-lǽca, and add:

mistian

(v.)
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For mistrian at end l. mistran, and add:

oþ-irnan

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Dele first passage, for which see oþ-hrínan

sceadd

(n.)
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In l. 2 for sceaddgenge l. sceadd genge

scyrft

(n.)
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For scansio l. (?) scarsio. Cf. scarsus imminutus, Migne

spinnan

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for spán, l. spáu. Dele query, and add:

strútian

(v.)
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For 'Swt . . . 177' substitute: Hml. S. 32, 208

tyllan

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For 'compound' in l. 1 substitute 'compounds be-,'

earm-stoc

(n.)
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For 'm.(?)' l. n

hláf-hwǽte

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-hwǽte, es; m.

Wheat for making bread,

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Wheat for making bread, Chart. Th. 144, 34

Þ

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FOR the Runic þ, Similar entries see þorn

freóls-dóm

(n.)
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For 'Ciricean ... [MS. freólsdóme]' l. Cirice an freólsdóme

girnan

(v.)

to yearn ⬩ seek for ⬩ require

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to yearn, seek for, require, Ex. 21, 22

Linked entries: gyrnan geornan geornian gernan

gold-hwæte

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-hwæte, adj.
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Greedy for gold, Beo. Th. 6140; B. 3074

ealdor-ner

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-ner, aldor-ner, es; n.

A life-salvation, life's safety, refuge, asylum ⬩ vitæ servātio, refŭgium

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A life-salvation, life's safety, refuge, asylum; vitæ servātio, refŭgium Cwom him to áre and to ealdor-nere he come to them for mercy and for their life's salvation, Exon. 53 b; Th. 189, 4; Az. 54

Linked entries: aldor-ner feorh-ner

ed-wenden

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for me of that happiness an end there came, mourning after mirth, B. 1774. v. previous word

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