Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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alþes

(n.)
Grammar
alþes, gen. s.

of ale ⬩ cervisiæ

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of ale; cervisiæ [MS. cervise],Rtl. 116, 42

dearf

(adj.)
Grammar
dearf, [ = W. S. deorf]
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; adj. Bold Dearfe ł dyrstige audaci, Mt. p. 9, 3

Cwén-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-sǽ, gen. s; m.

The White Sea ⬩ hyperboreus oceanus

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The White Sea ; hyperboreus oceanus Fram ðære eá Danais, west óþ Rín ða eá . . . and eft súþ óþ Donua ða eá. . . and norþ óþ ðone gársecg, ðe man Cwénsǽ hǽt: binnan ðǽm syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, Germania from the river Don, westward to

fóre-birig

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-birig, dat. s. of fóre-burh

a vestibule

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a vestibule. Ex. 29, 32

gearowe

(adj.)
Grammar
gearowe, dat. s. f. of gearo.

prepared ⬩ ready

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prepared, ready,Jud. 4, 13;

IC

(pronoun.)
Grammar
IC, pron. of 1st pers. s.

I

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I Ic Æðelstán cyningc cýðe I, king Athelstan, proclaim, L. Ath. 1; prm; Th. i. 194, 2. Ic hyt eom it is I; ego sum, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 27. Ic sylf hit eom ipse ego sum, Lk. Skt. 24, 39. Ic eom Gabriel ic ðe stande beforan gode ego sum gabrihel qui adsto ante

ge-meagende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-meagende, Hy. S. 108, 33. l.
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ge-metgende

áge

Grammar
áge, subj. s. of ágan to own.
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Mk. Bos. 10, 17;

bén-ríp

Grammar
bén-ríp, v. Seebohm Vill. Comm. s. v.
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Precariae

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, e; f: acc. s. byrig, byrige
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A city; urbs, civitas Hér Cúþa gefeaht wið Brytwalas æt Biedcan forda, and genam Lygeanbyrig and Ægles byrig in this year Cutha fought against the Brito-Welsh at Bedford, and took Lenbury and Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Th. 33, 28. Cantwara byrig forbarn ðý

lifesne

(n.)
Grammar
lifesne,
  • Bd. 4, 27
    • ;
  • S. 604, 9
    • .

Similar entry: lybesn

dolg

(n.)
Grammar
dolg, n. and m. (Hml. S. 20, 67).
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Add:to instances given under dolh: a wound Wiþ hundes dolge for a wound made by a dog, Lch. ii. 144, 11. Þú ætýwest þínra honda dolh and þínre sídan and þínra fóta, Angl. xii. 510, 14. a boil, tumour Se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ꝥ geswell . . . heó gewát

trimes

(n.)
Grammar
trimes, trimis, es; trimessa, an; m. : trimesf[s], e; trimes[s]e, an; f. : þrimes;
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gender uncertain. as a weight, a drachm Genime ánes trymeses gewǽge. Lchdm. i. 74, 21. Anre tremese (trymese, MS. H. ) gewihte, 110, 9. Ánre tremesse wǽge, 72, 11. Genim áne (anne, MS. O. ) trymesan gewǽge, 78, 13. Nime áne trymessan fulle, 76, 6. Twégra

Linked entries: tremes trymes trymsas þrimsa þrymsa

ge-sponnen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-sponnen, persuaded, drawn, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 5: 4, 23; S. 593, 17. For ge-sponen; pp.
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of ge-spanan

æl-þeódine

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-þeódine, for æl-þeódigne, acc. s. of æl-þeódig.

foreign ⬩ a proselyte

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foreign, a proselyte,Mt. Bos. 23, 15 ;

dihtaþ

Grammar
dihtaþ, dictates, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 21, = dihteþ;
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3rd pres. sing. of dihtan

gyt-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
gyt-feorm, [?], L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26.

frune

(v.)
Grammar
frune, p. s. subj. of frinan: frunon, frunnon

asked ⬩ asked

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asked, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 39; asked, Ps. Th. 136, 3: Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 16;

cúþra

(adj.)
Grammar
cúþra, more sure, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 40; comp.
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of cúþ

brist

Grammar
brist, supportest; vehis; for birst, 2nd pres. s. of beran
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to bear, support Ðú birst [MS. brist] ealle þing búton geswince thou supportest all things without labour, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 36

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