Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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neoþan

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Ðunor cymð of hǽtan and of wǽtan. Seó lyft týhð ðone wǽtan tó hyre neoðan, and ðá hǽtan ufon (-an, v.l. ), Lch. iii. 280, 3. Add

oft-þweál

(n.)
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frequent washing Eáwlá wíf, tó hwan wenest ðú þínes líchoman hǽle mid smyringe and oftþweále and óðrum líðnessum, Nap. 50; [Verc. Först. 166, s. v. híwfæger ]

Linked entry: þweál

wód-lic

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He funde fíf mǽdena, wlitige and rance, . . . and hét ꝥ hí áwendon mid heora wódlican plegan his geþanc fram Críste, Hml. S. jis, 53 : 65. Add

sárcren

(adj.)

disposed to soreness

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disposed to soreness On ðám monnum ðe habbaþ swíðe gefélne and sárcrenne magan a very sensitive stomach and one easily made sore, Lchdm. ii. 176, 9. (?)

on-hǽle

(adj.)
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on-hǽle, adj.

Whole, entire

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Whole, entire Gemengde beóþ onhǽlo gelác engla and deófla the entire hosts of angels and devils shall be joined together, Exon. Th. 56, 5; Cri. 896

ge-swystra

(n.)

sisters

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sisters Geswystrena bearn sisters' children, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 10. To mínre méder and geswystrum to my mother and sisters, Nar. 1, 12

bismer-spræc

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bismer-spræc, l. -sprǽc,
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cantel-cap

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cantel-cap, l. -cáp,
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eótenisc

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eótenisc, l. eotenisc,
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firmetan

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firmetan, l. firmettan,
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heáðu

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heáðu, l. heaþu,
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hridrian

(v.)
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hridrian, l. hrídrian,
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iþ-belig

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iþ-belig, l. íþ-belge,
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innoþ-tyderness

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innoþ-tyderness, l. innoþ-tíderness,
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líþrian

(v.)
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líþrian, l. líþran,
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or-trýwan

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or-trýwan, l. -tríwan,
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slícian

(v.)
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slícian, l. slician,
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ægnian

(v.)
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ægnian, l. ǽgnian,
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CILD

(n.)
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CILD, cildes, cild, sometimes cildru, cildra ; n.

A CHILD, infant ⬩ infans, puer

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A CHILD, infant; infans, puer Arís and nim ðæt cild surge et accipe puerum, Mt. Bos. 2, 13, 14. Ðæt cild wixþ and gewurþ eft cnapa and eft syððan cniht the child grows, and then becomes a boy, and afterwards a young man, Hom. Sax. Þurh cildes hád in

Linked entry: cyld

tennan

(v.)
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to incite, encourage to effort Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ beorn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ, óþþæt seó tíd cymeþ, ðæt ða geongan leomu, líffæstau leoþu, geloden weorþaþ (the parents try to awaken the child&

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