Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-milcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-milcian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To give milk, suckle ⬩ lactare

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Lind. 23, 29

under-drencan

(v.)

suffocare

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Lind. 5, 13

un-tweógendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíc, adj.

Certain

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Lind. 20, 6

Linked entry: tweógend-líc

un-rótlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rótlíc, adj.

Gloomy

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Lind. 16, 3

Linked entry: rót-líc

un-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þearf, adj.

Needless ⬩ useless

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Lind. 2, 6

wéstness

(n.)
Grammar
wéstness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Lind. 21, 20

ongeán-wirdness

(n.)
Grammar
ongeán-wirdness, e; f.
Entry preview:

What lies in the way Ongeánwyrdnessa obuia, An. Ox. 3975

Linked entry: -wirdness

ofer-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-cirr, es; m.

A passing over

Entry preview:

Lind. 1, 11

hoga-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hoga-fæst, adj.

Careful, ⬩ prudent

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Lind. 25, 2, 4

Linked entries: hyge-fæst hoh-

nearu

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu, adj.

narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe

Entry preview:

Hét hié from hweorfan neorxna wange on nearore líf, Cd.

Linked entry: nearu-cræft

port-cwén

(n.)
Grammar
port-cwén, e ; f.
Entry preview:

Lind. 7, 37. 39. Mið portcuoenum meretricibus, 15, 30. Portcuoenes meretricis, Rtl. 106, 28, Portcuoene meretrici, 106, 30. Portcuoeno meretrices, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 31, 32

ymb-sceáwian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Lind. 5, 32. Ymbsceáwde (-sceówadun, Rush.) hiá circumspiciens eos 3, 5. Ymbsceáude (-sceówade, Rush.) hine intuitus eum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 42

feran

(v.)
Grammar
feran, to ferenne; part. ferende; p. ferde, pl. ferdon; pp. fered [fer a journey]

To go ⬩ make a journey ⬩ set out ⬩ travel ⬩ march ⬩ sail ⬩ īre ⬩ ĭter făcĕre ⬩ proficisci ⬩ transīre ⬩ migrāre ⬩ nāvĭgāre

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Ác fereþ gelóme ofer ganotes bæþ a ship [lit. oak] often saileth over the sea [lit. sea-fowl's bath ], Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 18; vHick, Thes. i. 135, 49.

Linked entry: fyran

æced-wín

(n.)
Grammar
æced-wín, es; n.

ACID-WINE ⬩ murratum vinum

Entry preview:

Lind. War. 15, 23

Linked entry: eced-wín

asal

(n.)
Grammar
asal, asald

an ass

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Lind. Stv. 18, 6: 21, 2

eher

(n.)

an ear of corn

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Lind. War. 4, 28

from-genimma

(v.)

to take away ⬩ diripere

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Lind. 12, 29

gearwutol

(adj.)
Grammar
gearwutol, adj.

Austere

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Lind. 19, 21, 22

hreówian

(v.)

to repent

Entry preview:

Lind. 1, 15

in-áwritting

(n.)
Grammar
in-áwritting, e; f.

An inscription

Entry preview:

Lind. 20, 24

Linked entry: á-writting

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