Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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DROSNA

(n.)
Grammar
DROSNA, drosne, nom. acc; gen.drosna ; dat. drosnum; pl. f.

Grounds, sediment, lees, dregs ⬩ fæx, fæces

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Hí druncon óþ ða drosna usque ad fæces bibērunt, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 45. Eles drosna dregs of oil; amurca = άμόργη, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 18; Wrt. Voc. 33, 18

Linked entry: dros

leóht-berend

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-berend, es; m.

Lucifer

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Lucifer Leóhtberend Lucifer, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 19. Ðá wæs ðæs teóþan werodes ealdor swíðe fæger and wlitig gesceapen swá ðæt hé wæs geháten Leóhtberend, Homl. Th. i. 10, 22. Se hátte Lucifer, ðæt ys Leóhtberend, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35

æmet-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
æmet-hwíl, e; f. [æmetta leisure, hwil while, time]

Leisure ⬩ spare-time ⬩ respite ⬩ otium

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Leisure, spare-time, respite; otium, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 8, 1

Linked entry: amet-hwíl

áncra

(n.)
Grammar
áncra, an; m.

An anchoret ⬩ hermit ⬩ anachoreta ⬩ solitarius

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An anchoret, hermit; anachoreta, solitarius, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 20

áþe-gehát

(n.)

an oath

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an oath, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57,119; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

cara

(n.)
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care, Ælfc. Gl. 89; Som. 74, 96; Wrt. Voc. 51, 9

cénlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
cénlíce, adv.

Keenly, boldly, courageously, notably ⬩ animose, audacter, insigniter,

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Keenly, boldly, courageously, notably; animose, audacter, insigniter, Ælfc. T. 15, 17

flód-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
flód-líc, adj.

FLOODLIKE ⬩ flŭviālis

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FLOODLIKE; flŭviālis Flódlíc flŭviālis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 36

Lundenisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Lundenisc, adj.
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Belonging to London Lundenisc Lundoniensis, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 28

mǽl-dropiende

(adj.)

phlegmatic ⬩ flegmaticus

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phlegmatic; flegmaticus, Ælfc. Gl. 77; Som. 72, 13; Wrt. 45, 47

méce-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
méce-fisc, es; m.

A mullet

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A mullet Méce-(mǽce-)fisc mugil, Ælfc. Gl. Zup, 308, 5

Linked entry: mǽce-fisc

Món-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Món-dæg, es; m.

Monday

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Monday Ǽlce Móndaege, L. R. 8. 3; Th. i. 432, 21

Linked entry: Mónan-dæg

grínu

(adj.)
Grammar
grínu, adj.
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Avidius, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 85; Wrt. Voc. 46, 42

birigh-man

(n.)

a city officer ⬩ ædilis

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a city officer; ædilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 29

ge-gador-wist

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gador-wist, e; f.

An assembly for feasting ⬩ contubernium

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An assembly for feasting; contubernium, Ælfc. Gl. 93; Som. 75, 87

þrifildan

(v.)
Grammar
þrifildan, p. de

To triple

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To triple Ic þryfylde triplico, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 287, 4

þri-heáfdede

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-heáfdede, adj.

Three-headed

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Three-headed Þryheáfdede triceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 11

ǽstel

Grammar
ǽstel, l.
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Voc. i. 81, 23 : Ælfc. Gr. Z. 31, 9

in-stæpe

(adv.)
Grammar
in-stæpe, adv.
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Hý farað, and instepe æft cumað, Solil. H. 62, 31. Add

witodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
witodlíce, <b>. II.</b>
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Witodlíce ic wylle utique uolo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 263, 17. Add

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