Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ed-lesung

(n.)
Grammar
ed-lesung, e; f.

A relation, relating ⬩ relātio

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A relation, relating; relātio, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 58

for-spennestre

(n.)
Grammar
for-spennestre, -spennystre, an; f.

A bawd ⬩ lēna

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A bawd; lēna, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 49

fór-tácen

(n.)
Grammar
fór-tácen, [ = fóre-tácen]

a fore-token ⬩ portentum

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a fore-token; portentum, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 12

heofon-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
heofon-líce, adv.

From heaven ⬩ heavenly ⬩ celitus

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From heaven, heavenly; celitus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 3

nigon-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
nigon-feald, adj.

Nine-fold

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Nine-fold Nigonfeald novenarius, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 17

pearl

Grammar
pearl, (?) The word, which occurs in a list of terms connected with writing, is glossed by enula, which elsewhere glosses
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horselene Pærl enula, bócfel pergamentum, Ælfc. Gr. Zup. 304. 7

reáfigende

(adj.)
Grammar
reáfigende, adj.
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Ravening, rapacious; rapax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60; Som. 13, 42

ge-wearmian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wearmian, p. ode; pp. od

To become warm ⬩ calere ⬩ calescere

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To become warm; calere, calescere, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2, 36

Linked entry: wearmian

bógian

(v.)
Grammar
bógian, p. ode; pp. od

To inhabit ⬩ incolere

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To inhabit; incolere Bógodon incoluerunt, Ælfc. T. Lisle 21, 13

ge-lend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lend, e; f.

Fat ⬩ lard ⬩ adeps ⬩ axungia

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Fat, lard; adeps, axungia, Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 35

feówer-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-wintre, adj.
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Four years old Feówerwintre quadrimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 287, 19

méce-fisc

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Þes mécefisc hic mugil, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 39, 1. Add

healf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
healf-mann, es; m.

Half man

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Half man Halfmann semivir, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 23

wíg-bora

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bora, an; m.

A belligerent

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A belligerent Wígbora belliger, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 16

Linked entries: wíc-bora wió-bora

cnittan

(v.)

to knit

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to knit Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 22, MS. C

ongeán-cirrendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ongeán-cirrendlíc, adj. Relative
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Relativum ðæt is ongeáncyrrendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 62

swég

(n.)
Grammar
swég, es; m.
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Ælfc. Gr. 4; Zup. 7, 13. Accentus, ðæt is swég, on hwylcum stæfgefége ǽlc word swégan sceal, 50, 13; Zup. 290, 16. Swég tenor, Hpt. Gl. 528, 21. Heofoncyninges stefn, wordhleóðres swég, Andr. Kmbl. 186; An. 93.

Linked entries: swég-cræft swóg

cine

(n.)
Grammar
cine, es; m.

a commander ⬩ quaternio ⬩ a quarto sheet ⬩ quaternio ⬩ diploma = δίπλωμα

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a commander of four men, or a fourth part of an army; quaternio Cine oððe feówer manna ealdor quaternio, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 34. a sheet of parchment folded into four parts, a quarto sheet; quaternio Cine quaternio, Ælfc.

Linked entry: cýne

hreófla

(n.)
Grammar
hreófla, an; m.

A leper

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Moyses ǽ forbeád tó hrepenne ǽnigne hreóflan the law of Moses forbade to touch any leper, Homl. Th. i. 122, 5. Hreóflan synt gehǽlede leprosi mundantur, Lk. Skt. 7, 22

Linked entries: hreófl hreófl

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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God sette ǽ ðam folce tó steóre, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 36: L. Eth. ix. 36; Th. i. 348, 14: L. Ælfc. P. 8; Th. ii. 366, 18: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 4. Gegrípaþ stýre adprehendite disciplinam, Ps.

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