Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ed-leǽnung

(n.)
Grammar
ed-leǽnung, e; f.

A rewarding ⬩ retrĭbūtio

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A rewarding; retrĭbūtio For edleǽnunge propter retrĭbūtiōnem, Ps. Spl. T. 118, 112

hreód-writ

(n.)
Grammar
hreód-writ, es; n.

pen ⬩ calamus scribæ

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A reed for writing, pen; calamus scribæ. Ps. Spl. C. 44, 2

gnyrn-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
gnyrn-wracu, e; f.

Revenge for injury ⬩ grief ⬩ enmity ⬩ hate

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Revenge for injury or grief, enmity, hate, Elen. Kmbl. 718; El. 359

Linked entry: wracu

flǽsc-sand

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

swic

(n.)
Grammar
swic, (swice ? q. v.), es; n.
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Deception, illusion For swicum deóflícum propter illusiones diabolicas, Anglia xiii. 396, 441

sweor-racentteáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-racentteáh, g. -teáge; f.
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A chain for the neck:?-Swurracentéh catelle, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 64

Linked entry: racent-teáh

un-gesǽlhþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlhþ, e; f.

Unhappiness ⬩ misery

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Unhappiness, misery For ungesǽlhðe ðissere earman þeóde, Chr. 1057; Erl. 192, 26

Linked entry: ge-sǽhþ

weorold-bismer

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bismer, es; n. m.
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Worldly reproach For woroldbismere ánum per contumaciam, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 10

Linked entry: bismer

bremman

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For ' bremman . . . 192 ' substitute

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:

fold-bold

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For the passage substitute

flind

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For 'Cot. 98, Lye' substitute

fiþer-berende

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

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

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