Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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gyse

(adv.; int.)
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yes Hig cwǽdon, - Eówer láreów, ne gylt he gafol? Ðá cwæþ he, Gyse he déþ they said, - Your master, doth he not pay tribute? He said, Yes, he does; dixerunt, - Magister vester, non solvit didrachma? Ait, Etiam, Vulg. Mt. Bos. 17, 25

ge-wun

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wun, adj.

Accustomed ⬩ usual

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Accustomed, usual Gewune drenceas usual drinks, Herb. 68; Lchdm. i. 172, 6. Gewune assuetæ, Mone Gl. 435

Linked entries: -wun ge-wuna

þurh-fón

(v.)

to get through ⬩ penetrate

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to get through, penetrate Heó ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte láþan fingrum, Beo. Th. 3013; B. 1504

wuldor-magu

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-magu, a; m.

A son of glory ⬩ an heir of heaven

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A son of glory, an heir of heaven Se wuldormago, eádig, Exon. Th. 179, 25; Gú. 1267

Linked entry: magu

bed-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
bed-cláþ, es; m.

A bed-covering ⬩ pl., bed-clothes

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., bed-clothes Heó bewand ꝥ bodig mid ðám beddcláðum, Hml. A. 111, 306

burg-ealdor

Grammar
burg-ealdor, (burh-).
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Hét se burhealdor ( alt. to burhge ealdor) þone bisceop him tó gefeccan, Hml. S. 22, 203. Add

efen-láste

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Substitute for 'The everlasting' The herb mercury, and add: [Mercurialis euenlesten, mercurial, Wrt. Voc. i. 141, 8]

feówer-ecge

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-ecge, adj.

Four-edged

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Four-edged Heó of hyre manega bógas ásendeþ and þá lange and feówerecge, Lch. i. 306, 7

geár-wæstm

(n.)
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yearly fruit Þæt heó hæbbe ǽlce gére ealra geárwæstma þá þrié dǽlas, C. D. ii. 175, 25

Linked entry: wæstm

hreddere

(n.)
Grammar
hreddere, es; m.
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A defender For þig is þǽre hálgan cyrcan neód ꝥ heó hæbbe hredderas ( defensores ), Chrd. 94, 4

imbe

(n.)
Grammar
imbe, a swarm of bees.
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Take here ymbe in Dict., and add: Cf. Of ðám móre on imbaleá, C.D. v. 277, 13

Linked entry: ymbe

stycce-mǽlum

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Add Heó wæs fleónde. Ðá wæs Zosimus ryna hwaeðra sticmǽlum neár gefremed, Hml. S. 23 b, 189

be-búgan

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Heó ðá scearpnesse dysiglicra sprǽca ná bebeáh ne ne foreóde ( non declinavit ), Gr. D. 340, 17. Add

ge-híran

Grammar
ge-híran, <b>;
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</b> add Þá heó þá gehýrde þone bróþor forðféredne, Guth. Gr. 167, 123

and-wlata

(n.)
Grammar
and-wlata, an; m.

The face ⬩ forehead

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The face, forehead, Herb. 75, 6; Lchdm. i. 178, 16: 101, 2; Lchdm. i. 216, 9

fealvor

(n.)
Grammar
fealvor, es; m.

A species of water-fowl, the sultana-hen ⬩ porphyrio = πoρφυρίων

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A species of water-fowl, the sultana-hen; porphyrio = πoρφυρίων Fealvor porphyrio, Wrt. Voc. 280, 17

ofer-wígan

(v.)
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to overcome in fight, conquer Yldo oferwígeþ wulf, heó oferbídeþ stánas, Salm. Kmbl. 598; Sal. 299

Linked entry: wígan

on-heáw

(n.)
Grammar
on-heáw, es; m.
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A block to hew on Onheáwas codices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 38: 135, 60: 14, 62

beorh-hliþ

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Substitute: A mountain-slope; and take here the passages given under burg- (burh-)hleoþ in Dict

féster-módor

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Lǽswede heó hire féstermódor sceápum, Shrn. 101, 15. Add

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