Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hwyrft

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Þú leornodest ymbe þises rodores hwyrft, Solil. H. 21, 8. Add

niþer-sige

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Ǽr nyðersige ante solis occasum, R. Ben. I. 22, 9. Add

þíxl

(n.)
Grammar
þíxl, þisl, e; þísle, an; f.
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Of ðære ác in ða heortsole; of ðære sole in ða þísle; of ðære þísle eft in ða mýðan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 6

Linked entry: þísl

grund-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
grund-bedd, es; n.
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The ground; solum, Exon. 128 a; Th. 493, 3; Rä. 81, 24

frófer

(n.)

comfort ⬩ solace ⬩ consolation

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comfort, solace, consolation, Hy. 9, 15; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 15

in-stæpe

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

séft-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
séft-lic, adj.
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Easy, luxurious Ungemetlíce ríclic and séftlic lýf, Solil. H. 38, 3

un-áwendendlic

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Drihten, þú þe simle unáwendenlic wunast, Solil. H. 55, 16. Add

Linked entry: á-wendendlic

wel-dónde

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God gehét good edleán ðǽm weldóndum, Solil. H. 10, 19. Add

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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the, vide Þ, þ. The indigenous Pagan alphabet of our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, called Runes, it must be particularly observed, not only represents our letters, but the names of the letters are significant. The Runes are chiefly formed by straight lines

-syd

(suffix)
Grammar
-syd, in ge-syd a miry place. [Halliwell gives suddie=miry, boggy. Cf. also sod. Cf. O. H. Ger. salz-suti salsugo: Ger. sudel a puddle.]
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Cf. seáþ

teám-byrst

(n.)
Grammar
teám-byrst, es; m.

The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit.

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Ðá týmde Wulfstán hine ( the stolen slave about whom the case had arisen) tó Æðelstáne; ða cende hé tém and lét ðone forberstan (he admitted having sold the slave to Wulfstan, but would not declare from whom he had obtained it) ...

on-sprungenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-sprungenness, e; f.

Defect, want

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Defect, want Onsprungennes eclipsis, i. solis vel lunae defectio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 22

ge-féþrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-féþrian, p. ode
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To load Geféðrige hé hys wǽnas mid fegrum gerdum, Solil. H. I. II

Linked entry: féþrian

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, <b>. I</b> I g.
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Lóca nú ꝥ þú ofer gemet ne wilnige, Solil. H. 17, 9. Add

yfel-dónde

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Good edleán ðám weldóndum and yfel þám yfeldóndum, Solil. H. 10, 19. Add

hér-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
hér-rihte, adv.

Just here ⬩ at this point

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Just here, at this point Uton ændian þás bóc nú hǽrrihte, Solil. H. 49, 10

eáþ-ness

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Ealle þá gódan God geseóð, heom tó áre and eáðnesse, Solil. H. 67, 15. Add

wudu-bind

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bind, es; m. ; -binde, au; f. : -bindele, an; f.

Woodbine

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Woodbine Uuidubindae volvola, herba similis hederae, quae vitibus et frugibus circumdari solet, Txts. 104, 1059: viburna, 106, 1082. Wudubind hedera nigra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 51. Wudebinde, i. 32, 22. Weodubinde viticella, 69, 10.

be-hygdness

(n.)
Grammar
be-hygdness, e; f.
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Care, anxiety Behygdnis weorulde þisse solli-citudo saeculi istius. Mt. R. 13, 22. Cf. be-hogadness

Linked entry: be-hýdignys

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