Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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óþ-windan

(v.)
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to get away, escape Án scip óþwand, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 27. Cf. æt-windan

blisgere

(n.)
Grammar
blisgere, es; m.

An incendiary ⬩ incendii auctor

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An incendiary; incendii auctor Blisgeras incendiaries, L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 203, note 38

ge-scildend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scildend, -scyldend, es; m.

A protector

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A protector Mín gescyldend protector meus, Ps. Th. 27, 8: Andr. Kmbl. 2583; An. 1293

Linked entries: scildend ge-scyldend

súþ-west

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ-west, adv.
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South-west Án ðæra gárena líþ súðwest ( in africum ), Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 3

wudu-bát

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bát, es; m.

A wooden skip

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A wooden skip Hwá me on wudubáte ferede ofer flódas, Andr. Kmbl. 1810 ; An. 907

wúsc-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
wúsc-bearn, es; n.

A beloved ⬩ an adopted child

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A beloved or an adopted child Uúscbearn (wuso, Rush.) filioli, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 33

Linked entry: wýsc

á-sceamelic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-sceamelic, adj.
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Shameful Tó áscamelicum (but cf. áscunelicum, An. Ox. 4016) ad detestabilem, Hpt. Gl. 500, 58

býlihte

(adv.)
Grammar
býlihte, adv.
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In an ulcerous condition Gif men bílyhte sié ymb þone þearm, Lch. ii. 170, 28

Linked entry: bílyhte

ciric-lec

Grammar
ciric-lec, -lic.
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Cyrclicre áwrigenesse ecclesiasticae traditionis, An. Ox. 178. Cyrclice tídsang[as] canonicas horas, 56, 317. Add

dolg-drenc

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Add:to dolh-drenc Dolhdrenc antidotum, An. Ox. 383. Wryc gódne dolhdrenc, Lch. ii. 326, 25

eást-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
eást-gemǽre, es; n.
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An eastern boundary Hé cóm on India eást*-*gemǽra, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 29

Linked entry: ge-mǽre

efenmódlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
efenmódlíce, adv.
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With equanimity, calmly Efenmódlíce aequanimiter, i. fortiter (patienter, Hpt. Gl. 476, 26), An. Ox. 2978

fæder-gestreón

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Fædergestreón patrimonium, An. Ox. 4818: patrimonia, 4624. Fædergestreóna patrimonium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 69. Add

fǽmnhád-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽmnhád-lic, adj.

Virgin ⬩ virginal

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Virgin, virginal Fǽmnhádlices uirginalis, An. Ox. 1483. Fǽmnhádlicere, 1717. Fǽmnhá[d]licum uirginali, 535: 2280

fræteness

(n.)
Grammar
fræteness, frætewness, e; f.
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An ornament Frætenisse stemmate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 50. Frætenessa (printed wræt-) discrimina, 27, 61

ge-lenda

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Substitute: One rich in landed estates Gelenda, land*-*spédig locuples i. diues, An. Ox. 3154

Linked entry: -lenda

ge-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sǽte, es; n.
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An ambush, a snare Alles næhtes giséto totius noctis insidias. Rtl. 37, 19. Cf. sǽt

ge-cneórednis

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Substitute: Descent, ancestry Bútan gecneórednesse sine genealogia (without descent, Heb. 7, 3), An. Ox. 5096

ge-cyrtenlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cyrtenlǽcan, p. -lǽhte
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To make sweet Gecertenlǽhte indulcauit (the Latin is: Mellitus versuum epigrammatibus inculcauit ), An. Ox. 5408

Linked entry: cyrtenlǽcan

glíwing

(n.)
Grammar
glíwing, glíwung, e; f.
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Jeering, mockery Tále, i. glíwunge gecance gehispende ganniturae, i. cachinnatione ludibrio insultantes, An. Ox. 1472

Linked entry: glíwung

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