Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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búfan

(adv.)
Grammar
búfan, búfon [be-ufan]; adv.

Above, before ⬩ supra ⬩ supra

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Rush. Stv. 2, 9

ǽniht

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽniht, [ǽn = án one, -iht adj. termination]

Anything ⬩ quicquam

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Rush. War. 14, 30

aldor-dóm

(n.)

a principality

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Rush. War. 20, 20

in-féran

(v.)
Grammar
in-féran, p. de

To enter

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Rush. 4, 38

Linked entry: féran

postol

(n.)
Grammar
postol, es; m.
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Ða ðe cwédun ðás tó ðǽm postolum quae dicebant apostolas haec, Rush. 24, 10

wǽpen-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-berend, es; m.

An armed man

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An armed man Se stronga woepenberend (wépend-, Rush.) gehealdaþ ceafertún his fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 21: p. 7, 5

cásering

(n.)
Grammar
cásering, e; f. A cæsaring, a coin with an emperor's image, a coin; drachma = δραχμή , didrachma
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Rush. War. 15, 8. Ne unband cásering non solvit didrachma, Mt. Lind. Stv. 17, 23

frohtian

(v.)
Grammar
frohtian, ; p. ade, pp. ad

To fear ⬩ to be in danger

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Frohtade timuit, Rush. 14, 30

næfig

(adj.)
Grammar
næfig, adj.

Not having means ⬩ poor

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Rush. 9, 8. Næfgum (næfigum, Lind.) egenis, 13, 29. Næfigum, Lind. 12. 5

tæppel-bred

(n.)
Grammar
tæppel-bred, es; n.

A board covered with a carpet, a foot-stool

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Rush. 5, 35. Tæppilbred, 22, 44

Linked entry: tæppil-bred

setness

(n.)
Grammar
setness, e; f.
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Rush. 25, 34

sóþ

(prefix)
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In sóð (sóðe, Rush.) cneóreso in progenies, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 50. Sóð cymes procedit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 26. Sóðcuom processit, Rtl. 2, 37: procedit, 57, 6. Sóðfylga prosequere, 29, 36. Sóð gistrýnd progeniem, 29, 28.

Linked entries: sóþ-secgan sóþ-tácen

forþ-arǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-arǽsan, p. de; pp. ed

To rush forth ⬩ prosĭlīre

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To rush forth; prosĭlīre Ic forþarǽse prosĭlio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 3; Som. 34, 43. Forþarǽsde of his bedde prosĭliit ex lecto suo, Greg. Dial. 1. 2

stán-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
stán-fæt, es; n.
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Rush. 14, 3. Miððý gebrocen wæs ðæt, stánfæt, Lind. 14, 3

sunn-set

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-set, es; n.
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Rush. 12, 54. Sunset occidentem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 27

under-geoc

(adj.)
Grammar
under-geoc, adj.

Accustomed to the yoke ⬩ tame

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Accustomed to the yoke, tame Ofer ðone fola suna undergeocas (cf. on folan sunu ðære teoma, Rush.) super pullum filium subjugalem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 5

Linked entry: geoc

wiþ-ceósan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-ceósan, p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To reject

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Rush. 21, 42

tintreg-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
tintreg-þegn, es; m.

An officer who torments, ⬩ an executioner

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Rush. 18, 34

óm

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Ꝥ hé ná tó swíðe ne gewilnige up áwyrtlin rust oððe óm sí tóbrocen fæt ne dum nimis cupit eradere eruginem frangatur vas, R. Ben. I. 108, 7. Hóm rubiginem, Kent. Gl. 954. Hé sealde ómum (erugini) wæstmas heora, Ps.

cwic-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-fýr, es; n.

Living fire, fire of brimstone, sulphur ⬩ ignis vivus, sulphur

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Rush. 17, 29

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