Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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te

(pronoun.)
Grammar
te, = þe in þætte.

brondegur̄

Grammar
brondegur̄, v. brand, II a.

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eald-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
eald-fæder, an ancestor; in pl.
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fathers, forefathers Ealdfædera cnósle auita stirpe, An. Ox. 1600. Þú forðfærst tó þínum ealdfæderum tu ibis ad patres tuos. Gen. 15, 15. Swá hé behét heora ealdfæderum ( patribus eorum ), Jos. 21, 41

ge-bendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bendan, to put in bonds.
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Hiene þá burgleóde gebundon . . . Ac hé fealh of þǽm bendum þe hiene mon gebende (lapsus e vinculis), Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 13. Man þá hálgan hæfte and gebende, Hml. S. 23, 105. Gebænde, Wlfst. 14, 6. xi síðan hund þúsenda hí lǽddon gebende, 296, 26. Add

wæscing

(n.)
Grammar
wæscing, (?) washing in weascing-weg

a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?)

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a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?) Tó weascingwege nioðeweardun, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 17: 138, 4

Linked entry: weascing

forþa

Grammar
forþa, [ = furþum],
  • Angl. ix. 265.

fram-ness

Grammar
fram-ness, v. fromnis in Dict.

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emn-

(prefix)
Grammar
emn-, emne-, in composition,

even, equal

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even, equal, as efen mne-cristen a fellow-christian. Emn-sceólere a school-fellow

Linked entry: efen-micel

-mǽlum

(suffix)
Grammar
-mǽlum, -meal (in piece-

meal

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meal)

Linked entry: mǽl

reáda

Grammar
reáda, In l. 2 read
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extales, and add: A tonsil Reádan toleam, Lch. i. lxxii, 5: lxxiv, 28

strece

Grammar
strece, Tech. ii. 128, 25.

Similar entry: strícan

wæl-here

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-here, (ig)es; m.

A slaughtering host

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A slaughtering host Fóron tósomne wráðe wælherigas, Cd. Th. 119, 21; Gen. 1983

-ǽre

(suffix)
Grammar
-ǽre, -oared, in cmpds.
Entry preview:

Ǽnne scegð .lxiiii. ǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 8

brasian

(v.)
Grammar
brasian, brasigan, ic brasige

æro, ⬩ I cover with brass

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æro, I cover with brass; Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 39, Bodleian copy, C. D

swane-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
swane-wyrt, (?),
  • Lchdm. ii. 74, 20.

for-swígan

Grammar
for-swígan,
Similar entries
v. swígan
in Dict.

Linked entry: swígan

frosc

(n.)
Grammar
frosc, forsc, frox (q. v. in Dict.), frocx, es; m.

A frog

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Voc. ii. 113, 31. Frocx, 51, 28. Regnwyrm lumbricus frox luscinus ýce rana 71, 13-15. Frosc ranam, An. Ox. 54, 2. Frox, Bl. Gl. Forsc, Ps. Srt. 77, 45. Forscas ranas, 104, 30. ¶ in local names Forscaburna, C. D. iii. 383, 29. Æt Froxafelda, 127, 33

Linked entries: forsc frocx frox

ge-rǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽwe, in the phrase on gerǽwe
Entry preview:

in a row Hí ealle on gerǽwe sǽton, Hml. S. 23, 779. Of ðám alre tó ðám twám wycan standað on geréwe swá ðæt gemére gǽþ, C. D. iii. 424, 8

Apulder

(n.)
Grammar
Apulder, es; m. [in paludibus]

APPLEDORE, a village in Kent, near Tenterden

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APPLEDORE, a village in Kent, near Tenterden Æt Apuldre at Appledore, Chr. 893; Th. 164, 10: 894; Th. 166, 41, col. 1. Æt Apoldre at Appledore, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1032; 328, 23

-swát

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-swát, adj. in ge-swat

sweaty, sweating

Entry preview:

sweaty, sweating Ðara breósta biþ deáwig wǽtung, swá swá sié geswát, Lchdm. ii. 258, 18. Gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, ðonne recce hé ða bán, 68, 6

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