Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
Entry preview:

Nim swá wuda swá wyrt swá hweðer swá ðú wille, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 25 : Wulfst. 108, 10. Smire mid ðære sealfe swá niht swá twá swá þearf sié smear with the salve one night or two, as need be, Lchdm. ii. 128, 1.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
Entry preview:

Gif hí on ðam wuda weorþaþ if they get in the wood, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 16. Gif hí on treówum weorþaþ, Met. 13, 36. Hé wearð him on ánon scipe he got him (reflex.) on board a ship, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 13.

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende
Entry preview:

Hwæþer gé willen on wuda sécan gold? Met. 19, 4.

Linked entries: walde fǽcan

niman

(v.)
Entry preview:

Nim wuda of þǽre stówe þe his eard biþ on tó weaxanne, Bt. 35, 10; F. 148, 25. with idea of violence, deprivation Sé ðe nimþ (nimmeð, L. auferet ) þá ðing þe ðíne synt, Lk. 6, 20. Gié nómon (aetbrúdun, W. S. tulistis ) cǽgo wísdómes, Lk. L.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. <b>A.</b>
Entry preview:

In ðone ealdan secgmór; of ðam on án betwénan ácwudu and wulleleáh; and swá ǽfre betwyx ðám twám wudan, Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

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