Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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HERE

(n.)
Grammar
HERE, gen. heres, heriges, herges; m.

An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band

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Swá oft swá ða óðre hergas mid ealle herige út fóron ðonne fóron hie as often as the other armies marched out in full force then they marched, Erl. 90, 5. Tuelf hergas duodecim legiones, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 53. Hergia[s] agmina, Rtl. 115, 10.

Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here

-iht

(suffix)
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As wost adjectives with one or other of these forms occur in the oblique cases only, it is impossible to say which form should be given in the nominative; but the -iht is found in þorniht, and the -ihte (-ehte, -ecti) in écilmehti, bogehte, clibecti (

ge-wǽgnian

(v.)
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For Nap. 33, 18-22 l. Chrd. 97, 19-29

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, <b>; I 10 a.</b>
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In l. 4 for v. l. vi. v. níwe-gehwirfed

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor,

hostimen

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Voc. ii. 43, 20: 70, 32, for (?) pundor

bord-hreóða

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For the cover of the shield substitute a phalanx

cnyttels

(n.)
Grammar
cnyttels, m.
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For 'Mone B. 2858' substitute An. Ox. 2935, and add:

cóf-godas

Grammar
cóf-godas, l. cof-godas (v. cofa),
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and for second reference substitute Cofgodas penatum, Germ. 402, 195

eácniend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
eácniend-lic, eácnigend-lic; adj.
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To be increased For eácniendlicum pro augendis, An. Ox. 1078

eorþ-ling

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Substitute for 'A farmer; terrae cultor' 'A bird, ' and add:

feól-heard

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For 'hard like a file' substitute:

hǽr-nǽdl

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For ' Lye ' substitute Mid þráwincspinle, hǽrnǽdla calamistro, An. Ox. 1200

hús-heofon

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For ' Cot. 119, Lye' substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 58

twi-bytme

(n.)
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For &#39;bytm&#39; at end l. bytme

Linked entry: twi-bytme

wídgalness

Grammar
wídgalness, <b>. II.</b>
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For Greg. Dial. 2, 3 substitute Gr. D. 108, l

wudu-gehæg

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For 'An enclosed wood' substitute: Woodland pasture. Cf. gehæg-holt

fleardere

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For 'Nap. 23' substitute: (eorum nugarum particeps), Chrd. 20, 12

ryne-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
ryne-strang, adj.

Strong for the course

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Strong for the course, Exon. Th. 400, 9; Rä. 20,7

frum-gifu

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For Hpt. 457 Substitute

tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ, gen. tóþes; dat. téþ, inst. tóþe; pl. toeð, téþ, and tóþas; m.

A tooth ⬩ tusk

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.; and ðonne siþþan gehwilc scilling for knocking out the four front teeth, for each a fine of six shillings: the tooth that stands next must be paid for with four shillings; that which stands next to this with three shillings; and then each tooth afterwards

Linked entry: fóre-téþ

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