Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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be-þénede

(v.)

served

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Th. 4077, for bewenede

bleó-cræft

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For Cot. 17 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 11

car-leás

(adj.)
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For R. Ben. 2 l. R. Ben. 11, 3

cylew

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For Cot. 99 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 13

cod-æppel

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For Cot. 93 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 72

earm-gegirela

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For Cot. 63 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 9

flítcræftlic

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For 'Mone B. 3147' substitute Hpt. Gl. 481, 62

fore-steóra

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For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 56

ge-mangian

(v.)
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For 'to traffic, trade' substitute 'to gain by traffic.'

ge-fæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fæd, n. ? Decorum, discretion.
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, for 'Th. i.' l. Th. ii., and add:

ge-fædera

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For 'godfather,' l. 2 substitute 'gossip.' v. next word

hors-here

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For Lye substitute Horshere Phæræones, Cant. Moys. Thw. 23

mirce

(n.)
Grammar
mirce, es; n.
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For another rendering of An. 1315 see ge-scirdan

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, a whirlpool.
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Dele: probably swyttes in the gloss is for swyftes

ge-ǽfenian

(v.)
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For second passage substitute Geéfenedan deige, Kent. Gl. 186

cneówlian

(v.)
Grammar
cneówlian, p. ode;; pp. od

To KNEEL ⬩ genuflectere

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A. iii. fol. 94

bót-wyrþe

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Gif man ábrece þæt þe bótwyrðe syg, béte hit iorne if a man commit a crime for which the law allows bót, let him mate bót for it promptly, Wlfst. 274, 22. Æt nánum bótwyrðum gylte ne for-wyrce man máre þonne his wer, Ll. Th. i. 266, 12.

FELG

(n.)
Grammar
FELG, e; f: felge, an; f. A

FELLY ⬩ part of the circumference of a wheel ⬩ canthus ⬩ άνθόs ⬩ absis rŏtæ

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FELLY, part of the circumference of a wheel; canthus = 954; άνθόs, absis rŏtæ Ǽlces spácan biþ óðer ende fæst on ðare nafe, óðer on ðære felge one end of every spoke is fixed in the nave, the other in the felly, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 3, 7, 10.

Linked entry: fælg

ge-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlig, -sǽli; comp. ra; superl. ost, ust; adj. [sǽlig happy]
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Se gesǽlgosta the happiest, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 10

fóstor-land

(n.)
Grammar
fóstor-land, es; n.

Land assigned for the procuring of provisions

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Land assigned for the procuring of provisions Ðæt ylce land hí gefreódon Godes þeówan to brýce into fóstorlande they freed the same land for the use of God's servants as foster-land, Th. Diplm. A.D. 963-975; 227, 33

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