Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ceaster-wyrhta

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For Cot. 156 substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 27, 69: 69, 24

eorþ-cyn

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For 'each terrestrial species' substitute 'all that lives on earth,' and add:

flind

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For 'Cot. 98, Lye' substitute

fiþer-berende

(adj.)
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For ' Cot. 9: 170' substitute

geaflas

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For 'Geaflas . . . Cot. 91' substitute Geaflum faucibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 53

frum-talu

(n.)
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, cf. talu; (for delata l. delatio)

hǽlsung

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For ' Cot. 11, Lye' substitute Hǽlsunga auguria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 28

swica

(n.)
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In l. 2 for 'se ductor' l. seductor

un-wæstmbǽrness

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For þǽre eorþan unwæsmbǽrnysse propter infecunditatem terrae, Angl. vii. 36, 346. Add

bleoh

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In ll. 2, 3 for bleoge efenlǽce. l. bleó geefenlǽce, and add:

dǽd-bétere

(n.)
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After dǽdbéterum insert: (poenitentibus), and for Nap. 16 l. Chrd. 80, 24

dirneforlegenness

(n.)
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fornication For intingan dyrneforlegenesse fornicationis causa, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 379, 8

flǽsc-sand

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For Nap. 23 read Chrd. 14, 36-8

a-þundenes

(n.)
Grammar
a-þundenes, -ness, e; f.

A tumour ⬩ swelling ⬩ puffing up ⬩ tumor

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A tumour, swelling, puffing up; tumor Wið lifre swyle and aþundenesse for swelling and puffing up of the liver, L. M. cont. 2, 18; Lchdm. ii. 160, 18. Wið aþundenesse magan windigre for windy swelling of the stomach, 2, 11; Lchdm. ii. 158, 23

campung

(n.)
Grammar
campung, e; f.
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Ic mid þín wǽpnum getrymed on þínum féþan fæste stande and for þínre campunga ( a better reading is: for ðé campige. v. Bl. N. 5, 40), Bl. H. 225, 34

niht-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9

neód

(n.)
Grammar
neód, ( = neád)

necessity

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The distinction in form between the word = Goth. nauþs, and the preceding word seems not to have been observed in A. S. MSS

cweorn-burna

(n.)
Grammar
cweorn-burna, an; m.
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A mill-stream Andlang mearcellan ꝥ hit cymð þǽr cwyrnburna and mearcella sceótað tógædere; þonne forð andlang cwyrnburnan, C. D. iii. 458, 12-14

hamacgað

(v.)
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The word glosses convalescet, so probably the true form is part of a verb corresponding to O. H. Ger. ge-magén convalescere, cf. magian

hweól-ríþig

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-ríþig, es; n.
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Of ðám forda andlang hweowelríðiges, . . . eft on hweowelríðig, C. D. iii. 289, 4-7. On hweólríðig, 381, 8

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