Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-sceádness

(n.)
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For Nap. 32, 1 l. Chrd. 13, 18

béting

(n.)

a cable

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a cable, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 15

æwul

(n.)
Grammar
æwul, for cawel ? cf.
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cawl in Cornish dialect for a fish-basket

cwidele

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For examples see cwydele in Dict., and add:

collen-ferhtan

(v.)
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In passage read gecollenferhtaþ for gé collen-ferhtaþ

deorc-líce

(adv.)
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For reference 'Glos. ... 7' substitute Germ. 391, 22

gremetunc

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For 'Prov. 19, Lye' substitute 'Kent. Gl. 686.'

Midwinter-mónaþ

(n.)
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Fox (at end); Hickes i. 215

mis-can

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For Ps. Th. 44, l. 41, and add:

sigsonte

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For Lchdm. i. l. Lch. ii., and add:

earfoþ-rihte

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For Nap. 19 substitute: (incorrigibilis), Chrd. 42, 1

byrd-estre

(n.)
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For 'embroideress' 1. 'embroiderer', v. Archiv cxxiii. 418

wig-telgode

(adj.)
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for twig-telgode, Ps. Spl. C. 108, 28

hlíseádig-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hlíseádig-ness, e; f.

Renown, ⬩ celebrity; ⬩ claritudo.

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Bt. 33,1; Fox 122, 3

hól

(n.)
Grammar
hól, es; n.

Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander

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Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle [MS. H. héle] ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse I do not accuse N. from hate or with the intention of slandering him or from an unjust desire for money, L. O. 4; Th. i. 180, 11.

Linked entries: hel hoelan hólian

ǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽnig, ǽneg, áni; adj. [ǽn = án one, -ig adj. termination; ánig, g = y, Eng. any]

ANY ⬩ any one ⬩ ullus ⬩ quisquam ⬩ aliquis

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Næs ðǽr ǽnigum gewin there was no toil for any one, Andr. Kmbl. 1776; An. 890. Ǽngum ne mæg se cræft losian the skill may not desert any one, Bt. Met. Fox IO, 71; Met. 10, 36

Linked entries: áneg ǽneg ǽngum áni énig

bel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bel-hús, bell-hús, es; n.

A BELL-HOUSE ⬩ campanile vel campanarium ⬩ turris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula

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BELL-HOUSE, campanile vel campanarium, turris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula; a room or tower in the castle of a Thane, generally built between the kitchen and porter's lodge, where was a bell or bells to summon the inhabitants to prayers, and for

Linked entry: bell-hús

récels

(n.)
Grammar
récels, es; n.
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Genim ðás ylcan wyrte for rýcels (récels, MS. O.), Lchdm. i. 302, 6

Linked entries: rícels rýcels

sundor-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-gifu, e; f.
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For ðære sundorgife ðe him God sealde gumena ríce, Wé swylc ne gefrugnan ǽfre gelimpan, ðæt ðú in sundurgiefe swylce befénge, Exon. Th. 6, 6; Cri. 80. God monnum syleþ sundorgiefe God gives to each man a special gift, 293, 22; Crä. 5.

Linked entry: synder-gifu

be-gríwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gríwan, (only in) pp. be-griwen
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MS. fol. 21 b. Sé is hýra and ná hyrde ðe bið begriwen (so in MS. printed -gripen) on woruldþingum, Hml, Th. i. 240, 16. For ðám mannum þe beóð begriwene on middan-eardlicum lustum, ii. 368, 2.

Linked entries: gríwan for-gríwan

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