Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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cyst

(adj.)
Grammar
cyst, adj.
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Dele, and see cyst, II

copel

(adj.)
Grammar
copel, adj.
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Unsteady, rocking(?) Ǽrest on copelan stán . . . eft on copelan stán, C. D. B. iii. 624, 17, 22

corn-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
corn-berende, adj.
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Corn-bearing Þá cornberendan granigera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 22

Linked entry: beran

coþig

(adj.)
Grammar
coþig, adj.
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Diseased Hit is neód ꝥ hí man áscirie of þǽre gefér*-*rǽdene eallswá coðige sceáp ( oues morbide ), Nap. 13

crampiht

(adj.)
Grammar
crampiht, adj.
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Crumpled, wrinkled Crompeht folialis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 58

Linked entry: crompeht

dǽd-læt

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-læt, adj.
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Slow to act, slothful. v. next word

dæg-gehwámlic

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-gehwámlic, adj.
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Daily Dæggihuǽmlice hérnisse cotidiano officio, Rtl. 74, 35. Dægihuǽmlice worðunge cotidiana veneratione, 18

Linked entry: ge-hwǽmlic

dæg-gehwámlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dæg-gehwámlíce, adv.
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Daily Dægihuǽmlíce cotidie, Rtl. 74, 18: 171, 5

Linked entry: ge-hwǽmlíce

Dauític

(adj.)
Grammar
Dauític, adj.
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Of David Of ðám Dauíticum sealmum, Lch. iii. 428, 17

dearf-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
dearf-lic, adj.
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Bold, presumptuous From dearflicum a praesumtoribus, Mt. p. 2, 1

Linked entry: dearr-lic

deáþ-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-synnig, adj.
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Guilty of death, liable to the punishment of death Sé ðe ofslaeð deádsynig ( reus ) bið tó dóme, Mt. L. 5, 21

Linked entry: deád-synnig

-deáw

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-deáw, adj.

Similar entry: ge-

démed-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
démed-lic, ; adj.
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That may be judged Hwæthugu démedlices aliquid judicabile, Gr. D. 336, 20. v. for-démedlic

deópe

(adv.)
Grammar
deópe, adv.
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Add: literal Hé hine hét sleán and deópe bedelfan, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 3. metaph. Ús is deópe beboden we are most solemnly bidden, Wlfst, 282, 22: Ll. Th. ii. 328, 27. Hit is forboden on hálgum bócum swýþe deópe, Shrn. 162, 26. Þá dǽde wrecan swíðe deópe

deópþancol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
deópþancol-líce, adv.
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With depth of thought, with profound learning Búton óðrum trahtbócum ðe hé mid gecneordum andgite deópðancollíce ásmeáde, Hml. Th. i. 436, 20

deorce-grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
deorce-grǽg, adj.
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Dark grey Deorcegrǽg elbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 48 : ii. 32, 56. Elbus, i. medius color dyrcegrǽg, s. inter nigrum et album, 143, 20

Linked entry: dyrce-grǽg

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, adv.
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Fiercely, cruelly [v. deór; adj. ] Deáð se bitera swá deóre (deórne?; but cf. þone deóran síð = death, Sal. 361) genam ǽþelne of eorðan, Chr. 1065 ; P. 194, 14

dim-híw

(adj.)
Grammar
dim-híw, adj.
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Dark-coloured, gloomy Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106: Wlfst. 137, 9

dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
dirne, adj.
Entry preview:

Add:to examples given in Dict. under dyrne: secret, hidden Dyrne hordas (gerýna) abdita archana, An. Ox. 4215. Dyrnum pricelsum clandestinis stimulis, 4655. Of dymmum díglum vel of dyrnum de latebrosis recessibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 56. secret (so as

Linked entries: derne dyrne

dirne-forlegen

(adj.)
Grammar
dirne-forlegen, adj.
Entry preview:

Guilty of fornication, adulterous Gif man sý fram dyrneforlegenum ( fornicante ) preóste gefullod, Ll. Th. ii. 144, 19

Linked entry: for-legen

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