Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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un-mann

(n.)
Grammar
un-mann, es; m.

a bad man ⬩ an inhuman person ⬩ one who is not a mere man ⬩ a hero

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Th. ii. 246, 30. [Cf. O. H.

wyrt-brǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-brǽþ, es; m.
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Th. ii. 586, 6-11

Linked entry: brǽþ

ceosel

(n.)
Grammar
ceosel, m.
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Th. ii. 138, 8-14. Þæs weres líc tó þám strande becóm, ... and on þám ceosole gelæg, Hml. S. 37, 271. Ceoslum glareis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 39: An. Ox. 2, 287. Cyslum, 2879:4102. Ceoslas glareas, 2, 51: 7, 96. ¶ The word is found in local names, e.g.

ge-cneówian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 134, 37. Add

styrung

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Gód is tó forhæbbenne fram unálýfedum styrungum, 564, 7

hǽtu

(n.)
Grammar
hǽtu, hǽto; indecl; f.

Heat ⬩ æstus, fervor

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Th. i. 532, 1

Linked entry: hǽte

hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
hlæst, es; n.

Burden, ⬩ freight, ⬩ lading

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Burden, freight, lading Eów is holmes hlæst and hecfonfuglas and wildu deór on geweald geseald into your power is given the ocean's freight [fishes] and the fowls of the air and wild beasts, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 20; Gen. 1515.

reáfere

(n.)
Grammar
reáfere, es; m.
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I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 19 : Wulfst. 165, 35 : L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 5

a-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-líhtan, p. -líhte

To ALIGHT ⬩ desilire

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To ALIGHT ; desilire Ic of alíhte desilio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 3; Som. 34, 44

Linked entry: a-lýhtan

a-tæfran

(v.)
Grammar
a-tæfran, -tiefran, -tifran ; p. ede ; pp. ed

To depict ⬩ paint ⬩ depingere

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To depict, paint; depingere Ic hæbbe atæfred I have depicted, Past. 65 ; Hat. MS

Linked entries: a-tefred -tǽfran a-tiefran

dæne-land

(n.)
Grammar
dæne-land, es; n. [dænu a valley]

A valley ⬩ convallis

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A valley; convallis Dæneland getelda ic amete convallem tabernaculorum metibor, Ps. Lamb. 59, 8

fixoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fixoþ, es; m?

A fishing ⬩ piscātus

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A fishing; piscātus Ic wylle gán on fixoþ vādo piscāri, Jn. Bos. 21, 3

Ístas

(n.)
Grammar
Ístas, pl. m.

The Esthonians

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The Esthonians Ic wæs mid Ístum, Exon. 86 a ; Th. 323, 31; Víd. 87

Linked entry: Éste

ge-wlacian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wlacian, p. ode; pp. od

To make lukewarm ⬩ tepefacere

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To make lukewarm; tepefacere Ic eom gewlacod tepefio, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 38

scúr-boga

(n.)
Grammar
scúr-boga, an; m.
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A rain-bow Ðonne ic scúrbogan mínne iéwe, Cd. Th. 93, 5; Gen 1541

un-lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽne, adj.

Not transitory ⬩ permanent

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Not transitory, permanent For ðissum lǽnan lífe ic sylle ðæt unlǽne, Wulfst. 264, 18

bodiend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
bodiend-lic, bodigend-lic; adj.

praised

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To be celebrated, praised, Ic bletsige ðé, Fæder, bodigendlic God, Hml, S. 7, 232

cróg-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
cróg-cynn, es; n. A kind of vessel
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Collatum, i. vas in quo deportatur vinum, vel crógcyn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 51

frætwian

(v.)
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Take here frættewian in Dict., and add Frætwian comere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 47

geocian

(v.)
Grammar
geocian, p. ode
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To join, yoke Ic geceige (jucige, v. l.) jungo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 174, 1

Linked entries: ge-iukod ge-iukod

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