Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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beer

(n.)

a bier ⬩ bed

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Lind. War. 5, 8

bæstere

(n.)

a baptizer ⬩ baptista

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Lind. Stv. 3, 1

Linked entry: bæzere

eór-lippric

(n.)
Grammar
eór-lippric, es; n.

A flap of the ear

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Lind. War. 18, 26

fregnan

(v.)

to inquire

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Lind. 21, 24: Mk. 11, 29

morþor-slaga

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-slaga, an; m.

A murderer ⬩ homicide

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Lind. 22, 7

Linked entry: morþ-slaga

bi-cerran

(v.)

to pass by ⬩ præterire

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Lind. Rush. War. 6, 48

ge-hwæmlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hwæmlíc, adj.

Each ⬩ every

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Lind. 9, 23

ge-rehtad

(adj.; part.)

made straight, set up ⬩ erectus

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Lind. 13, 13

þurh-fæstnian

(v.)

to transfix

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Lind. Rush. 19, 37

ymb-gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gearwian, p. ode
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Lind. 16, 5

feól-heard

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For 'hard like a file' substitute:

eornostlíce

(adv.)
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Geornust[líce?] ergo, Angl. xiii. 439, 1052 (cf. 1062). Add

weall-þrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
weall-þrǽd, es; m.

A plumb-line,

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A plumb-line, Walðrǽd perpendicula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 68

fýr-smeortende

(adj.)

smarting like a burn ⬩ ignitos ciniphes

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Add: smarting like a burn. The Latin has ignitos ciniphes

haga-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
haga-þorn, es; m.

Hawthorn

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Lind. 7, 16

sóþfæstian

(v.)

to justify

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Lind. 16, 15

ge-speoftad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-speoftad, part. p.

Spit upon

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Lind. 18, 32

ge-lýfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lýfan, -lífan, -léfan; to -lýfanne, -lýfenne ; part. -lýfende; ic -lýfe, ðú -lýfest, -lýfst, he -lýfeþ, -lýfþ, pl. -lýfaþ; p- ic, he -lýfde, ðú -lýfdest, pl. -lýfdon; impert. -lýf, pl. -lýfe, -lýfaþ; subj. pres. -lýfe, pl. -lýfon ; pp. -lýfed

To believe, confide, trust, hope ⬩ crēdĕre, confīdĕre, spērāre

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To believe, confide, trust, hope; crēdĕre, confīdĕre, spērāre We sceolon on hine gelýfan we should believe in him, Homl. Th. i. 274, 27 : 280, 22 : 290, 31. To gelýfanne [-lýfenne, col. 1] to ðan leófan Gode to trust in the beloved God, Chr. 1036; Th

Linked entries: ge-lǽfan ge-léfan ge-léfan ge-leófst ge-lífan

ǽ

(int.)

alas!

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. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11

æf-dæl

(n.)
Grammar
æf-dæl, g. -dæles; pl. nom. -dalu; n. [æf, dæl a vale]

A descent ⬩ descensus

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Lind. War. 19, 37

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