Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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weall-þrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
weall-þrǽd, es; m.

A plumb-line,

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A plumb-line, Walðrǽd perpendicula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 68

fýr-smeortende

(adj.)

smarting like a burn ⬩ ignitos ciniphes

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Add: smarting like a burn. The Latin has ignitos ciniphes

haga-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
haga-þorn, es; m.

Hawthorn

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Lind. 7, 16

sóþfæstian

(v.)

to justify

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Lind. 16, 15

ge-speoftad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-speoftad, part. p.

Spit upon

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Lind. 18, 32

EALDOR

(n.)
Grammar
EALDOR, aldor, es, ; n: e;

life ⬩ vita

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life; vita Ealdres æt ende at life's end, Beo. Th. 5573; B. 2790. Ðe him wolde ealdres geunnan which would grant him life, Andr. Kmbl. 2263; An. 1133. On ðissum ealdre in this life, Ps. Th. 87, 14.

Linked entry: tó

ǽ

(int.)

alas!

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. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11

æf-dæl

(n.)
Grammar
æf-dæl, g. -dæles; pl. nom. -dalu; n. [æf, dæl a vale]

A descent ⬩ descensus

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Lind. War. 19, 37

nest-pohha

(n.)
Grammar
nest-pohha, an; m.

A bag for food ⬩ wallet

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Lind. 10, 10

Linked entry: pohha

ge-wéstan

(v.)

to lay waste ⬩ desolare

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Lind. 12, 25

ge-widlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-widlian, -widligan; p. ede; pp. ed

To defile ⬩ contaminate ⬩ make common ⬩ coinquinare ⬩ contaminare

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Lind. 7, 15

grornung

(n.)
Grammar
grornung, e; f.
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Lind. Rush. 1, 6

Linked entry: gronung

ge-bítan

(v.)

to bite

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Lind. 9, 18

Linked entries: bítan ge-bit

strǽd

(n.)
Grammar
strǽd, [a, -e ?]
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Lind. 5, 41

un-fægerness

(n.)
Grammar
un-fægerness, e; f.

Foulness ⬩ ugliness ⬩ abomination

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Lind. 24, 15

un-gebrosnendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrosnendlíc, adj.

Incorruptible

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Incorruptible Ða ungebrosnendlícan limo incorrupta membra, Bd. 4, 30; S. 609, 29

un-scendende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scendende, adj.

Innocent

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Lind. 27, 24

hincian

(v.)
Grammar
hincian, (?); p. ode

To limp ⬩ hobble ⬩ halt

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To limp, hobble, halt: Hincodon (? printed luncodon) claudicauerunt, Ps. L. 17, 46

Linked entries: luncian hinca

ofer-gímness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-gímness, e; f.

Watching over, observation

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Lind. 17, 20

ofer-scúwan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-scúwan, -scúan

to overshadow

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to overshadow Wolken oferscúade (-scýade, Lind.) hiǽ, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 17, 5

Linked entry: scúwan

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