Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-unwendness

(n.)
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In the passage read geunwendnes for ungewendnes

ríp-ness

(n.)
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In l. 2 read 39 for 29

gearwe

Grammar
gearwe, yarrow.
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Seó reáde gearuwe, Lch. iii. 24, 2. Wyl on meolcum þá reádan gearwan, ii. 354, 9. Add

ár-geweorc

(n.)
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For Cot. 79 read Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 75

Dene-mearce

(n.)
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Perhaps Dene-mearca might be read. v. land-mearca

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, a slippery place(?).
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Perhaps slæp should be read. v. N. E. D. slap

hrére-mús

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Hrýremús stelio (read as vespertilio?), Kent. Gl. 1110. Add

dwínan

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For Cot. 190 read Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 42, and add:

on-ǽht

(n.)
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Perhaps on ǽhte should be read in the passage given here

spearcian

(v.)
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Gl. 501, 5) probably spircendum should be read

hand-brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, hand-bréd. Perhaps hand-bred should be read and the quotation be taken to the next word. But in support of hand-brǽd may be noted the form breð ( = brǽð) odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 58, and the phrase gód hande brád. v. hand;
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Wicklif has handibreede v. N. E. D. handbrede

gén-gewrit

Grammar
gén-gewrit, (should be entered under <b>geán-gewrit</b>) glosses descriptio (rescriptio
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seems to have been read), An. Ox. 8 b, 2

Linked entry: geán-gewrit

steppa

(n.)
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Take here passage given at stæppa in which read steppan

purpure

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Add: purple material Hí scrýddon hyne mid purpuran reáfe, Jn. 19, 2. Se cyning áwearp his cynehelm samod mid his purpuran gyrlum, Hml. Th. i. 468, 4. Se cyning áwearp his purpuran reáf, 568, 12

flǽsc-sand

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For Nap. 23 read Chrd. 14, 36-8

eder-gong

(n.)
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Perhaps ed-ergong= ed-eargung may be read =(?) renewed discouragement; or eargung

harian

(v.)
Grammar
harian, horian.
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Dele: for horige in note to Ps. 27, 1 read hopige

willung

Grammar
willung, heat.
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Dele passage, in which wylme is to be read for wylinc

ǽcen

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽcen, adj.

Of oak

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[In Lch. iii. 52, 2 for ǽcenan read(?) ǽrenan.]

wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund,

talpa

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Gl. 279,11, read wand

Linked entry: wund

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