Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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on-stíðian

(v.)
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Lind. Rush. 12, 40

pís

(adj.)
Grammar
pís, adj.
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Lind. 23, 4

Linked entry: písian

ge-ond-weardan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ond-weardan, -wardan; p. de
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Lind. 3, 15: 8, 8

ge-strician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strician, p. ede
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Lind. 4, 21

Linked entry: strician

ge-penian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-penian, p. ede; pp. ed
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Lind. 12, 49: 14, 31

scendele

(n.)
Grammar
scendele, (?), an; f.
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Lind. Rush. 11,8

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

bindele

Grammar
bindele, bindelle.

a bandage

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a bandage Bind his ýtmestan limo mid byndellum, Lch. ii. 196, 12. Add:

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

cawl

(n.)
Grammar
cawl, caul, ceawl, ceaul, es; m. A basket; sporta, corbis, cophĭnus = κόφινος
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Lind. 14, 20. Ceaulas cophinos, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43

Linked entries: caul ceaol ceawl cel ceofl ceol ceoul ceowl cewl

nǽtan

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Swá mycle swíðor swá wé nú beóð nǽtte on þyssum lífe, swá mycle má wé feógað on ðám tóweardan lífe, 141, 18

lǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽðan, p. de

To speak ill of ⬩ accuse ⬩ abuse ⬩ execrate ⬩ detest ⬩ hate

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Gif hwelc cymiþ tó mé and ne lǽdes [lǽðues, Lind] fæder his si quis venit ad me et non odit patrem suum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 14, 26. Miððý iuih lǽðeþ menn cum vos oderint homines, Lind. 6, 22. Ða ðe lǽðes ł lǽðedon qui oderunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 44.

Linked entry: láðian

scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.
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His lic líþ on Angelcynnes scole, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 26. Of scole ex scole, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 64 : 95, 14. Hú ne eart ðú se mon ðe on mínre scole wǽre áféd and gelǽred, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 19. Eubolus underféng ðone cnapan tó lárlícre scole . . .

Linked entries: sceolu scól

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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Lind. 6, 21: 12, 35 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 45. Striónes thesauri p. 17, 5. Tilða ł stre (= streóna or streón) quaestuum, lucrum, Hpt. Gl. 452, 7. Ða ðe geléfeþ in striónum (on gistrión, Rush.) confidentes in pecuniis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 24.

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure ⬩ occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus ⬩ dark, deceitful, evil ⬩ tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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Ðú mid ligenum fare þurh dyrne geþanc thou mayest come with lies through evil design, 26; Th. 34, 3; Gen. 532: Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 13; Kl. 12 .

Linked entries: derne dierne

a-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .

to write out or down ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ describe ⬩ compose ⬩ transcribere ⬩ describere ⬩ conscribere ⬩ contexere ⬩ to inscribe ⬩ inscribere ⬩ inscriptione ornare ⬩ to carve ⬩ delineate ⬩ draw ⬩ sculpere ⬩ delineare

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to write out or down, to transcribe, describe, compose; transcribere, describere, conscribere, contexere Ðæs hálgan fæder and biscopes Sancti Cuþberhtes líf ǽrest eroico metro and æfter fæce gerǽde worde ic awrát I wrote out the life of the holy father

Linked entry: a-wrát

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