Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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weald

(n.)
Grammar
weald, es; m.

High land covered with wood ⬩ wood ⬩ forest.

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ground, hilly and void of wood.'

Linked entries: weald-leþer geald wealda wilde

for-lǽting

(n.)
Grammar
for-lǽting, e; f.

leaving ⬩ quitting ⬩ leaving off ⬩ intermission

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leaving, quitting, Similar entries v. for-lǽtan, VI 2 a Gif þú gesihst beón fleón on húse þínum forlǽtincge getácnaþ, Lch. iii. 214, 9. leaving off, intermission Búton forlǽtincge sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 439, 1049: 444, 1121

Linked entry: -lǽting

ǽternes

(n.)
Grammar
ǽternes, -ness, e; f.

Venomousness ⬩ full of poison ⬩ venenositas

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Venomousness, full of poison; venenositas

byt

(v.)
Grammar
byt, asks, prays, Lk. Bos. 11, 11: Ex. 5, 16, = bit;
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3rd pers. pres. of biddan

cweðst

Grammar
cweðst, sayest, speakest, Ps. Lamb. 87, 11;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

cúðudyst

(v.)
Grammar
cúðudyst, = cýddest innotuisti, Ps. Spl. C. 143, 4;
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2nd pers. p. of cýðan

cwæðst

Grammar
cwæðst, sayest, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 3, 7, = cweðst;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

cweahte

(v.)
Grammar
cweahte, pl. cweahton

quaked, vibrated

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quaked, vibrated; p. of cweccan

cymst

Grammar
cymst, cymest comest,
  • Cd. 203
    • ;
  • Th. 252,
    • 28;
  • Dan. 585: Beo. Th. 2769
    • ;
  • 8. 1382
;
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2nd pres. sing. of cuman

dorfen

(v.; part.)
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laboured, perished; pp. of deorfan

dróh

(v.)
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dragged, drew; p. of dragan

droren

(v.; part.)

fallen, perished

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fallen, perished; pp. of dreósan

dréd

(v.)
Grammar
dréd, pl. drédon

dreaded, feared

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dreaded, feared; p. of drǽdan

dihtaþ

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

earon

Grammar
earon, are. Ps. Th. loi, 21: Th. Diplm. A. D. 887; 133, 37; 134, l;
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3rd pres. pl. of eom

Linked entry: aron

eornende

(v.; adj.; part.)

running ⬩ part, of eornan=yrnan

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running; part, of eornan=yrnan

etest

Grammar
etest, shalt eat; cŏmĕdes, Ps. Th. 127, 2;
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2 nd fut. of etan

fét

(v.)
Grammar
fét, feeds,
  • Mt. Bos. 6, 26
, = fédeþ;
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3rd sing. pres. of fédan

finst

(v.)
Grammar
finst, findest,
  • Bt. 18, 3
    • ;
  • Fox 66, 11
, = findest;
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2nd sing. pres. of findan

gást-gemynd

(n.)

thought of mind or spirit

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thought of mind or spirit

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