Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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dirn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dirn-líce, adv.
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Secretly Hé hí on niht gemartirode swá hé dyrn*-*lícost mihte, Lch. iii. 424, 30

Élíg-mynster

(n.)
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the monastery of Ely Heó wearð gehádod tó abbadissan on Élígmynstre, Hml. S. 20, 38

fore-cneóres

(n.)

progenies

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glosses progenies Of forecneówresse on forecneóressa a progenie in progenies, Ps. Rdr. p. 296, 50

frum-dysig

(n.)
Grammar
frum-dysig, es; n.
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First folly Þá módigan and þá ungehýrsuman sóna on þám frumdysige swinge man, Nap. 26

Linked entry: dysig

frum-slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
frum-slǽp, es; m. (not f.)
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Hé on þǽre ylcan nihte æfter his frumslǽpe clypode, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 5. Add

ge-hýd

(adj.)
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provided with skin On þám syxtan mónþe hé ( the foetus ) byþ gehýd, Nar. 50, 5

ge-métednes

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On gemétednessum in adinuentionibus, Ps. L. 105, 29. Gemétednesse adinuentiones, 98, 28: ge-metelic. Add

ge-dícan

(v.)
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to make a dic On ðá díc ðe hé gedícte, C. D. iii. 367, 6

Linked entry: dícan

ge-eglan

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Hý mon band on wilde fearras and ðá hyre ne geegledon, Shrn. 133, 12. Add

ge-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wíte, es; n.
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Punishment, torment Þæt hé him ásecge on hwilcum gewíte ic eom, Solil. H. 68, 5

hwæl-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-weg, es; m.
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The path of the whale, the ocean Hweteð on [h]wælweg hreðer unwearnum, Seef. 63

ofermódlíce

(adv.)
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Ðý lǽs ǽnig durre on eáðmódnesse híwe hit ofermódlice ( superbe ) forcweðan, Past. 51, 3. Add

orgel-dreám

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Heriað on strengum and orgeldreáme laudate in chordis et organo, Ps. Rdr. 150, 4. Add

palm-dæg

(n.)
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Palm Sunday On þám symbeldæge þe wé palmdæg gewunelíce nemnað, Hml. S. 23 b, 140

wǽg-fær

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-fær, es; n.

A sea-journey

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A sea-journey Ic ðé ongitan ne meahte on wǽgfære, Andr. Kmbl. 1845; An. 925

weall-weg

(n.)
Grammar
weall-weg, (?), es; m.

A walled road(?)

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A walled road(?) On ðane ealdan walweg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 17: 138, 4

Linked entry: hege-weg

fyrs-penn

(n.)
Grammar
fyrs-penn, es; m.

A pen or fold made of furze

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A pen or fold made of furze (?) On fyrspenn; of fyrspenne, Cht. E. 266, 21

Linked entry: penn

Gallias

Grammar
Gallias, (-e).
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On þǽm gefeohte þe hié wið Gallium hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 11. Add

geán-ryne

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Génryne occursus Ps. L. 18, 7. On gegenyrn in occursum Ps. Srt. 58, 6. Add

ofersǽ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ofersǽ-líc, adj.

Transmarine

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Transmarine: — On ðám ofersǽlícum dǽlum in trans-marinis partibus, Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 13

Linked entry: sǽ-líc

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