Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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grǽg-gos

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(Perhaps grǽg gós should be read.) Add

weald

(adj.)
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weald, adj.
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For wealdestan perhaps weallendestan should be read as a literal rendering of ferventissirno

ar-faran

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Dele: the line cited should read Ge ǽr farað ge eft cumað

líhtingness

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As the word translates levitas perhaps líhtnes should be read: líhtness. Add::

un-wiþmetenness

(n.)
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Unwiðmetenesse in conparatione (but the glosser has read inconparatione), An. Ox. 587

Linked entry: wiþ-metenness

forht-ferþ

(n.)
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The compound, perhaps, rather than forht ferþ, may be read in An. 1551: 1598.(?)

ge-figo

(n.)
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Perhaps ge-flígo should be read. For 'cimosis' see fleáh

un-glædnes

(n.)

imperitia

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Voc. ii. 46, 25, but un-glǽwnes perhaps should be read

be-hogadnes

(n.)
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For Cot. 114 read On behogadnesse in exercita-tione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 42

hǽr-loccas

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr-loccas, Hpt. Gl. 526, 45.
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Perhaps this should be read hǽr, loccas. Cf. fexa ł hǽra cincinnoriim, 435, 5

hleór-beran

(n.; v.)

face-protectors

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Another suggestion, which accepts a compound form, is to read hleór-bergan face-protectors

wyn-bliss

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D. 2, 4 wyn, blis should be read, the passage is alliterative

disc-berend

(n.)
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For Cot. 65 read Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 83: 94, 2: 26, 60

torrebrande

torribus

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Voc. ii. 61, 44, read torre brande; cf. torribus brandum, 94, 56

heolstor

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heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Helostr, heolstr secessus, Txts. 94, 901. Heolstre latebra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 18. Heolstre, dígelnesse latibulo, i. tenebrositate (taciturnitatis) An. Ox. 3354. Heolster latebram, 3289. Hé sette ðeóstru heolstur (latibulum) his, Ps. Srt. 17, 12. Þé (Satan

druncning

(n.)
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For 'A drinking' read 'A making drunk.'

tite-gár

(n.)
Grammar
tite-gár, ategár

read (?)

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read (?) Titegárum phalarica, lanceis magnis (cf. ategára falarica, hasta, 521, 6), Hpt. Gl. 425, 14

ban-segn

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Voc. ii. 10, 76 read: ban ( = bandum) segn, cf. 101, 57

óþer-hwílen

(adj.)
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The passage seems imperfect, and perhaps aliquando has been read for aliquanto and óðer-hwíle should be read for óðer-hwílen. (?)

ge-grip

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Gegrip corruptionem (correptionem seems to have been read ), Ps. Spl. T. 15, 10. Add

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