Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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cúþ-nes

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For 'Scint. 38 . . . to know' substitute Þinges cúðnesse, Hml. A. 200, 165

dréfedness

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For hwí forgetst þú úre dréfednesse ( tribulationis ), Ps. L. 43, 24. Add

Eást-folc

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For Som. Ben. Lye substitute Eástfolcum eeois, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 75

freóls-dóm

(n.)
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For 'Ciricean ... [MS. freólsdóme]' l. Cirice an freólsdóme

frǽ-micel

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For Cot. 178 substitute Þæt frǽmicle eximiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 53

ge-swícung

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For 'R. . . . Angl.' substitute Búton geswícincge sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103

ge-edþráwen

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For 'Som.' substitute: — Mid geedþráwenum twíne cum bisso retorto, An. Ox. 1062

Linked entries: ed-þráwen ge-þráwan ge-edðrawen

gilping

(n.)
Grammar
gilping, e; f.
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Boasting, arrogance, vainglory For ídelre gylpincge pro vana gloria Scint. 144, ll

hǽmed-gemána

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For' Cot. 129, Lye' substitute Hǽmedgemánan matrimonia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 4

hǽmed-wíf

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For 'Cot. 136 Lye' substitute Hǽmedwíf matrona, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 19

were-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
were-wulf, wer-wulf. v. wer, were
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a man ; for double forms (were-, wer-) cf. wer-gild, were-gild

ymb-wlátend

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For the second citation substitute Emwlátenddum spectatoribus, i. speculatoribus, An. Ox. 3507

ýr

(n.)
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For this explanation of the word see Anglia xxxv. 175. )

blissian

(v.)
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Hí for hire hǽle blyssodon, Hml. S. 7, 281

egþ-wirf

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A young ass (weorf, q,v.) used for harrowing(?)

wæfer-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-stów, e; f.

A place for spectacles ⬩ an amphitheatre

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A place for spectacles, an amphitheatre Weaferstówa amphitheatrum, Lchdm. i. lxi, 9

Linked entry: wafung-stów

gamenung

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L. fol. 183, 11. Add

on-unspéd

(n.)
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on-unspéd, (?), e; f.

Indigence, poverty

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Indigence, poverty For hwý ofergytest onunspéde ( inopiae ) úre, Ps. Spl. 43, 27

ge-sylhþ

(n.)
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ge-sylhþ, a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen)
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Here (unless ánre might be read for án?) sylhðe seems to be neuter (an iþja- stem, v. Kl. Nom. Stam. § 70), and to be similar in form and meaning to M. H.

dolh-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-sealf, dolg-sealf,e ; f. [sealf a salve, poultice]

A wound-salve, poultice for a wound ⬩ vulnĕrārium emplastrum

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Hér sindon dolhsealfa to eallum wundum here are wound-salves for all wounds, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 90, 23. Dolg-sealf wið lungen-ádle a wound-salve for lung-disease, L. M. cont. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 8, 29.

Linked entry: dolg-sealf

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