Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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mót

(n.)
Grammar
mót, e; f.(?)

Toll ⬩ tax

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Lind. 22, 19

pís

(adj.)
Grammar
pís, adj.
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Lind. 23, 4

Linked entry: písian

ge-cráwan

(v.)

to crow

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Lind. 26, 74

Linked entry: cráwan

ge-ond-weardan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ond-weardan, -wardan; p. de

To answer

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Lind. 3, 15: 8, 8

sin-híwian

(v.)
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Lind. 20, 35

Linked entry: sinígaþ

under-lǽded

subductus ⬩ sublatus

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Lind, 5, 11: sublatus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 10

un-ádrysendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádrysendlíc, adj.

Unquenchable ⬩ inextinguishable

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Lind. Rush. 9, 43: Rush. 9, 45

un-þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
un-þeccan, p. -þehte

To uncover

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Lind. 2, 4

ge-mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽlan, to stain, smear.
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Átre gemǽled lita (spicula veneno), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 69: 52, 69. Add

níd-faru

(n.)
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At end of first line l. there for the, see Txts. p. 149

scendele

(n.)
Grammar
scendele, (?), an; f.

Abuse, reproach:

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Lind. Rush. 11,8

horn-sceaða

(n.)
Grammar
horn-sceaða, an; m.

A pinnacle

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Lind. 4, 5

Linked entry: sceaþa

on-stíðian

(v.)

to make hard

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Lind. Rush. 12, 40

ge-strician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strician, p. ede

To knit

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Lind. 4, 21

Linked entry: strician

ge-penian

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

To stretch out ⬩ extend

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Lind. 12, 49: 14, 31

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Lind. 24, 50. Ðrǽles (ðrǽlles, Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 46. Ic cuoeðo ðrǽle mínum, Lind. 7, 8. Hé sende óðerne ðrael, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 4.

á-spelian

(v.)
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Ben. 101, 5. ꝥ se mæssepreóst æt þám þingum þone bisceop áspelian móte ut presbytero in illis rebus episcopi munere fungi liceret, LI. Th. ii. 176, 34. Sý se hordere áspeled (-ad, v. l.) æt þǽre þénunge cellarius excusetur a coquina, R. Ben. 59, 2.

Linked entry: spelian

FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna

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Feores aþolian to endure life, Exon. 27 a; Th. 81, 7; Cri. 1320. Feores berǽdan to deprive of life, Andr. Kmbl. 266; An. 133. Feores getwǽfan to separate from life, Beo. Th. 2871; B. 1433. Feores geunnan to grant life, L.

Linked entries: feorg ferh ferhþ fiorh fyorh

ymb-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-cirr, es; m.
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Lind. 1. 11, 12, 17. turning over, moving, stirring. v. ymb-cirran Wætres ymbcerr (-cer, Rush.) ł styrenise aquae motum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 3. the word also glosses versutia, Rtl. 120, 32

orþancscipe

(n.)
Grammar
orþancscipe, es; m.

Art, mechanical art, mechanics

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Art, mechanical art, mechanics Orþancscipe mechanica (the word occurs at the end of a list of the arts. Cf. in a similar list searocræft mechanica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 61), Hpt. Gl. 479, 61.

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