Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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un-sidefull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sidefull, adj.

Immodest

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Immodest Unsideful impudicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 33: O. E. Homl. i, 300. 29, 30

Linked entry: side-ful

circan

(v.)
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to roar (?) Circinde wæter, Lch. i. 390, 11. [v. N. E. D. chirk.] Cf. cearcian

cneów-wyrste

(n.)
Grammar
cneów-wyrste, pl. f.
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Substitute: <b>cneów-wrist</b> (-wyrst), e; f. A knee-joint

lufsumlíce

(adv.)
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Add: [v. N. E. D. lovesomely] : <b>lufsum-ness.</b> Add:

þrinna

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Add: [v. N. E. D. thrin.] : <b>þríst-lǽcan.</b> Add:

tacan

(v.)
Grammar
tacan, p. tóc

To take

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To take Ða menn ealle hé tóc, and dyde of heom ðæt hé wolde (cf. ðamen hé áteáh swá swá hé wolde, MS. E.), Chr. 1072; Erl. 211, 20. Hé tóc swilce gerihta swá hé him gelagade (cf. hé nam swilce gerihta swá se cyng him geúðe, MS. E.), 1075; Erl. 212, 38

eft-agyfan

(v.)

To give back ⬩ reddĕre, i. e. re-dăre

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To give back; reddĕre, i. e. re-dăre. Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 19

afu-lic

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
afu-lic, afuh-lic; adj.
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Awkly (v. N. E. D. ), perverse Afulic geflit perversa contentio , Mt. p. 2, 11

cusceote

Grammar
cusceote, l. cúsceote,
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and add Cúscotae (-e) palumbes, Txts. 90, 829. Cúscote palumba, Hpt. 33, 240, 40

cran

(n.)
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Dele: 'e; f.,' and add: The word occurs in local names, e.g. Cransleá, Cranmere

horsclíce

(adv.)
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Horslícae (-e) naviter, Txts. 78, 668. Horslíce, hwætlíce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 47. Add

mǽr-cnoll

(n.)
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a boundary cnoll Of wealhgeate tó mǽrcnolle ; of mǽr-cnolle, Cht. E. 445, 11

list

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Sníð lythwón and listum, Lch. ii. 208, 17. [v. N. E. D. list.] Add: —

ofer-dón

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Ealle oferdóne þingc deriað omnia nimia nocent, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 4. Add

offrung-claþ

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-claþ, es; m.
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An offertory cloth; offertorium (v. N. E. D. offertory ; 4) iii. offringcláþas, Nap. 50

wel-getýd

(adj.)
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well-instructed, well-educated In eallum þingum hé bið welgetýd, E. S. xxxix. 354

lencten-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-dæg, es; m.
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A day in Lent Lengctendagum, L. C. E. 17; Th. i. 370, 3: Wulfst. 117, 15

blandan

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Blondu inficio, Txts. 71, 1138. Dele: 'p. bleónd, -e, -on', (cf. Icel. p. blett), and add

breóst-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-beorh, -beorg, es; m.
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A breast-plate. Brióstbiorg propugnaculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 30. Substitute, e; f. A breast-work

luf-rǽden

(adv.)
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Adv. L[u]fr[ǽdenne] cartatem An, Ox. 56, 224. [v N. E. D. love-red.]

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