Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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cwyde-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
cwyde-leás, adj.

Speechless, intestate ⬩ mutus, intestatus

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Gif hwá cwydeleás of ðyssum lífe gewíte if any one depart this life intestate, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 412, 27

Linked entry: cwide-leás

fróuer

(n.)
Grammar
fróuer, e; f.

Comfort ⬩ consōlātio

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Comfort; consōlātio On ðisum geáre sé árwurþa muneca feder and fróuer, Landfranc arcebisceop, gewát of ðissum lífe in this year [A.D. 1089] the venerable father and comfort of monks, archbishop Lanfranc, departed from this life, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226,

þorfan

(v.)
Grammar
þorfan, p. te
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To need Ne ðorfeþ (-æþ, Lind.) non indiget, Jn. Skt. Rush. 13, 10. Ne ðo[r]feþ ða ðe hálo sint tó léce non egent qui sani sunt medico, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 31. Cf. þearfan, and see next word

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.

an observer, ⬩ a spy ⬩ a watch-tower ⬩ a mirror ⬩ a buffoon, an actor

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Sceáwere(the word occurs in a list of military terms), speculia Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 4. a mirror Sceáwere(in a list of words connected with dress.) speculea Cf.

Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc

æling

(n.)

weariness ⬩ tædium

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Cot; Rawl. viii. notes, line 10

án-cummum

(adv.)
Grammar
án-cummum, adv. [án one, cummum the dat. of cuma a comer]

One by one ⬩ singly ⬩ singulatim

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Lind. War. 21, 25

ár

(adv.)

before

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Kmbl, Lind. 20, 1

art

art

Entry preview:

Lind. War. 1, 19

a-storfen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-storfen, part.

Starved ⬩ like a dead body ⬩ cadaverosus

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Starved, like a dead body; cadaverosus,Wanl Catal. 43, 17

beer

(n.)

a bier ⬩ bed

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Lind. War. 5, 8

bæstere

(n.)

a baptizer ⬩ baptista

Entry preview:

Lind. Stv. 3, 1

Linked entry: bæzere

eór-lippric

(n.)
Grammar
eór-lippric, es; n.

A flap of the ear

Entry preview:

Lind. War. 18, 26

fregnan

(v.)

to inquire

Entry preview:

Lind. 21, 24: Mk. 11, 29

morþor-slaga

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-slaga, an; m.

A murderer ⬩ homicide

Entry preview:

Lind. 22, 7

Linked entry: morþ-slaga

bi-cerran

(v.)

to pass by ⬩ præterire

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Lind. Rush. War. 6, 48

ge-hwæmlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hwæmlíc, adj.

Each ⬩ every

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Lind. 9, 23

ge-rehtad

(adj.; part.)

made straight, set up ⬩ erectus

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Lind. 13, 13

þurh-fæstnian

(v.)

to transfix

Entry preview:

Lind. Rush. 19, 37

ymb-gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gearwian, p. ode
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Lind. 16, 5

feól-heard

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