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tosca

(n.)
Grammar
tosca, (-e; f. (?); in the Ritual feminines sometimes end in a), an; m.

A frog

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hæfdan hí eallunga út áworpen immisit in eos muscam caninam, et comedit eos; ranam, et exterminavit eos, Ps. Th. 77, 45. Sende on heora eorþan toscean teónlíce misit in terram eorum ranas, 104, 26

Linked entries: toxa tostan

ég-

(prefix)
Grammar
ég-, Used in composition
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water, sea; aqua, măre

on-rád

Grammar
on-rád, In l. 2
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for 'fatigue' substitute 'benefit'

rocc

Grammar
rocc, what is chewed.
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Dele

sóþ-scipe

Grammar
sóþ-scipe, in fore-sóðscip
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prolatione, Mt. p. 15, 13

-scuta

(suffix)
Grammar
-scuta, in an-scuta

falarica

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falarica, Hpt. Gl. 425, 14

cílian

(v.)
Grammar
cílian, ic cílige; ode; v. intrans.

To be cold ⬩ algere

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To be cold; algere Ic cílige algeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 55

full-wiht

Grammar
full-wiht, fulluht,
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Th. i. 38, 9. uncertain Hé hine tó fulluhte nam (cf. eum de lauacro exeuntem suscepit, Bd. 3, 7. Óswold his onféng,Chr. 635; P. 26, 3 ), Hml. S. 26, 133. ¶ Grammar full-wiht, fulwihte in nom. Án is geleáfa, . . . án is fulwihte, Hy. 11, 9

Linked entry: fulluht

pytted

(adj.)
Grammar
pytted, pitted (v. pytt, II),
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marked with hollows Ic gean mínon bréðer ðæs swurdes mid ðám pyttedan hiltan, Chart. Th. 559, 23

gehæg-holt

(n.)
Grammar
gehæg-holt, a copse in an enclosure (?),
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a copse where there is pasture(?) Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe tó ðissum londe belimpað . . . gehægholt, C. D. ii. 195, 16

gierende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gierende, taxauerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 6. Perhaps the passage to which this gloss belongs is Ald. 27, 14: Sibi usurpans tantopere taxauerat, other glosses to which are, taxauerat, i. iudicauerat hé démde, An. Ox. 2014: usurpans geauligende, 7, 118; taxauerat, i. iudicauerat, posse-derat hé démde, Hpt. Gl. 454, 3. As in the Corpus Glossary the gi- form of the prefix is very rare (gi-brec, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 6, is the single instance, unless gierende be another), and as there is no other instance of ǽrendan (the verb is always ǽrendian) perhaps gierende is incorrect. If, however, it is correct, it seems to be nearer in meaning to usurpans than to
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taxauerat

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance

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Th. i. 588, 29. Mid gelimplicre endebyrdnesse, Bl. H. 207, 33. Þá gefadunge þe snotorlíce geset is be incúþra þinga endebyrdnysse the disposition which is prudently appointed concerning procedure in the case of strange matters, Lch. iii. 440, 26.

earglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
earglíce, in a cowardly manner.
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L. 30, 54. v. arhlíce in Dict

Linked entry: earhlíce

món

(n.)
Grammar
món, in the phrase full món

plenilunium

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Voc. ii. 67, 42. [Cf. O. H. Ger. -máni in niu-máni neomenia; uol-máni plenilunium; unter-máni interlunium, Grff. 2, 795.]

mín

(pronoun.)
Grammar
mín, pron. gen. of ic

Of me

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Ic sprece ego loquor, mín sprǽc mei locutio, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 56. Ǽr ðú ða miclan meaht mín oferswíðdest, Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 25; Jul. 521. Ne wát ic hygeþoncum mín, 109 a; Th. 417, 14; Rä. 36, 4. Hé wæs mín on ða swíðran, Elen.

C

Grammar
C, In Gothic and Icelandic C is entirely wanting, being always represented by k. It is remarkable that the Anglo-Saxons have seldom made use of k; but, following the Latin, have preferred the use of c.
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In words immediately derived from Anglo-Saxon, k is frequently substituted for the Anglo-Saxon c; as, Similar entries cyning a king; Similar entries cyn kin or kindred.

bi-wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wærlan, p. de; pp. ed [v. bí- in be- II]

To pass by ⬩ præterire

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To pass by; præterire, Lk. Lind. War. 10, 31: 11, 42: Lk. Rush. War. 11, 42

Linked entry: wærlan

heáfod-gewǽde

Grammar
heáfod-gewǽde, [The Latin of Gen. 20, 16 is : Hoc erit tibi in velamen oculorum.]
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Isaiah iii. 18, sqq. ), Wlfst. 46, 1. Add

disme

(n.)
Grammar
disme, In the passage at An. Ox. 46, 4 musk is spoken of; cf.
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M.H. Ger. tiseme, tesim: M.L. Ger. desem, dessem musk. v. Angl. 30, 123: 32, 515

sprytting

(n.)
Grammar
sprytting, e; f. (but pl. in -as in Ps. Lamb. 79, 12)

A sprig ⬩ shoot ⬩ sprout ⬩ plant

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Gescóp se ælmihtiga God eorðan and ealle eorðlíce spryttinga, Lchdm. iii. 234, 3. Hé ástrehte óþ flód his spryttingas extendit usque ad flumen propagines ejus, Ps. Lamb. 79, 12

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