Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hýr-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hýr-mann, es; m.
Entry preview:

Rush. 1, 20

Linked entry: hýrig-mann

glendran

(v.)

to devour ⬩ swallow ⬩ devorare

Entry preview:

Rush. 11, 19. Olbendu glendrende camelum glutientes, 23, 24

þír

(n.)
Entry preview:

a female servant Ðír ł sió ðignen (ðír ł ðegnen, Rush.) ancilla, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 17. [The Scandinavian form þýr?]

ge-spittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spittan, pp. ed

To spit upon; ⬩ conspuere

Entry preview:

Rush. 18, 32. Gispittendum on mec conspuentibus in me, Rtl. 19, 17

Linked entry: spyttan

wæccan

(v.)
Grammar
wæccan, p. wæhte

To watch ⬩ wake

Entry preview:

Rush. 24, 42. Wæcceþ (wæcas, Lind.), 26, 41. Wæccas, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 37. Ðæt hé wæcce (gewæhte, Lind.) ut uigilet, Rush. 13, 34. Suá huoeðer wé woæca ł wé slépa sive vigilemus sive dormiamus, Rtl. 28, 37.

bædzere

(n.)
Grammar
bædzere, bæzere, es; m: bezera, an; m.

A baptist ⬩ baptizer ⬩ baptista

Entry preview:

Rush. Stv. 16, 14: 3, 1

Linked entries: bæstere bæðere bæzera bezera

fór-þoncol

(adj.)
Grammar
fór-þoncol, adj.

Forethoughtful ⬩ prudent ⬩ prōvĭdus ⬩ prūdens

Entry preview:

Rush. 11, 25

ge-hréman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hréman, p. de

To cry ⬩ implore

Entry preview:

Rush. 16, 20. Gihréme we imploramus, Rtl. 37, 3

ge-nyhtsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nyhtsum, adj.

Plentiful, abundant ⬩ abundans, uber, copiosus

Entry preview:

Rush. 28, 12

Linked entries: nyhtness nyht-sum

sihþ

(n.)
Grammar
sihþ, e ; f.
Entry preview:

Rush. ) quae vidissent, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 9

un-geþwǽre

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽre, es; n.

A disturbance ⬩ dissension

Entry preview:

Rush. 26, 5

ymb-wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-wærlan, p. de
Entry preview:

.), Rush. 9, 55

ofer-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sceatt, es; m.

Money in excess (of a loan), interest

Entry preview:

Rush. 25, 27

bære-flór

(n.)
Grammar
bære-flór, es; m.

A barley-floor ⬩ barn-floor ⬩ threshing-floor ⬩ hordei area ⬩ area

Entry preview:

Rush. 3, 12

Linked entry: bere-flór

heópa

(n.)
Grammar
heópa, an; m.

A briar ⬩ bramble

Entry preview:

A briar, bramble Ætt ðæm heápe [heópe, Rush.] secum rubum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 37. (Or should this be placed under heópe?)

Linked entries: heópe heápa heópe hióp

goding

(n.)
Grammar
goding, es; m.
Entry preview:

Rush. 4, 1

súmness

(n.)
Grammar
súmness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Delay Æfter monige ł longsum ł monigful súmnise (æfter micclum fæce, Rush.: fyrste, W. S.) post multum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 19

sweord-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-rǽs, es; m.
Entry preview:

A sword-rush, an attack with swords:?-Sweord*-*rǽs fornam, ðǽr se hálga gecrang wund for weorudum, Apstls. Kmbl. 118; Ap. 59

ymb-beran

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren
Entry preview:

Rush. 6, 55

bér

(n.)
Grammar
bér, beer, e; acc. bé, bére ; f.

A bed ⬩ lectus ⬩ grabatus

Entry preview:

Rush. War. 5, 12

Linked entry: bǽr

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