Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-feðeran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feðeran, -feðran; p. ede; pp. ed

To feather ⬩ give wings to ⬩ ālas addĕre

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To feather, give wings to; ālas addĕre Ic sceal ǽrest ðín mód gefeðeran I shall first give wings to thy mind, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 31, MS. Cot. Gefeðran, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 8; Met. 24, 4

féþe-mann

a pedestrian ⬩ a foot-soldier

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Substitute: one who goes on foot, a pedestrian Féþemen pedestres, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 67. Foeðemen, Mt. L. 14, 13: Mk. L. R. 6, 33. a foot-soldier Féþemen felethi (cf. féþe-here), Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 45

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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... hwæðer nú gód hlísa sié for náuht tó tellenne? Nis hit nán cyn, ðæt mon ðæt for náuht telle, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 14-19.

áni

(pronoun.)

any

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any,Bt. 38, 3; Fox 200, 27 [MS. Bod.]

an-scúnian

(v.)

to shun ⬩ evitare

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to shun; evitare, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 20

á ðý

ever the ⬩ unquam eo

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ever the; unquam eo, Bt. 13 ; Fox 38, 9

bearowe

(n.)

in a wood

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Fox. 496; Gn. C. 18

ceápung-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
ceápung-gemót, es; n.

a market ⬩ mercatus

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a market; mercatus; A meeting for trade, Cot. 133

Linked entry: ge-mót

dreámere

(n.)
Grammar
dreámere, es; m.

A musician ⬩ musĭcus

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A musician; musĭcus, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 31

drygge

(adj.)

dry

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Fox 7, 31; Met. 7, 16

dyseg

(adj.)

foolish

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Fox 19, 57; Met. 19, 29

eldcung

(n.)

delay

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delay, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 17, MS. Cot

Linked entries: elcung ildcung

fugel-tras

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-tras, pl. m.

Poles or forks for spreading nets ⬩ ămĭtes

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Poles or forks for spreading nets; ămĭtes, Cot. 13

hrá-gífre

(adj.)
Grammar
hrá-gífre, adj.

deadly

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Greedy for corpses, deadly Hrágyfra funestus, Cot. 90, Lye

nigontíne

(n.; num.; adj.)

nineteen

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Fox 141; Men. 71

giscian

(v.)

to sob ⬩ sigh ⬩ singultire

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to sob, sigh; singultire, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 9

Linked entry: gesca

ge-wascan

(v.)
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In l. 3 for hræglhús, gewoxene l. hræglhúse, gewaxene

ge-ræft

(adj.; part.)

torn, distracted ⬩ discerptus

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torn, distracted; discerptus, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 21

gesǽl-líce

(adv.)

happily

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happily, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 5, MS. Cot

un-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
un-scyld, e; f.

Innocence

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Innocence For unscylde propter innocentiam, Ps. Spl. 40, 13

Linked entries: scyld un-

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