Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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dysian

(v.)
Grammar
dysian, part. dysiende

to be foolish

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to be foolish, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 9

dégelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dégelíce, [dégel-líce]

secretly

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Fox 1, 127; Met. 1, 64

earhra

weaker

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weaker, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 27, MS. Bod

férlíc

(adj.)

sudden ⬩ unlooked for ⬩ horrible ⬩ repentīnus ⬩ horrendus

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sudden, unlooked for, horrible; repentīnus, horrendus, Som. Ben. Lye

fixen

(n.)
Grammar
fixen, e; f.

A she-fox ⬩ VIXEN ⬩ vulpes fēmĭna

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A she-fox, VIXEN; vulpes fēmĭna, Som. Ben. Lye

friólíce

(adv.)

freely

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freely, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 14. note 4

frugnen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
frugnen, pp. of frignan.

asked

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Fox 22, 104; Met. 22, 52;

wundor-hús

(n.)
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For the incident cf. Hml. Th. ii. 164, 5

ge-fyrnness

(n.)
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For Nap. 30 l. Chrd. 25, 10: 26, 16

be-þénede

(v.)

served

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Th. 4077, for bewenede

bleó-cræft

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For Cot. 17 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 11

car-leás

(adj.)
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For R. Ben. 2 l. R. Ben. 11, 3

cylew

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For Cot. 99 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 13

cod-æppel

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For Cot. 93 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 72

earm-gegirela

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For Cot. 63 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 9

flítcræftlic

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For 'Mone B. 3147' substitute Hpt. Gl. 481, 62

fore-steóra

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For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 56

ge-mangian

(v.)
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For 'to traffic, trade' substitute 'to gain by traffic.'

ge-fæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fæd, n. ? Decorum, discretion.
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, for 'Th. i.' l. Th. ii., and add:

ge-fædera

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For 'godfather,' l. 2 substitute 'gossip.' v. next word

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