Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

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gǽls

(n.)
Grammar
gǽls, e; f.

Lust, voluptuousness

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Ox. 611

Linked entry: gǽls-lic

Assyrisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Assyrisc, adj.

Assyrian

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Ox. 26, 20

ealfara

(n.)
Grammar
ealfara, an; m.
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A pack-horse Þonne wæs þridde healf þúsend múla þe þá seámas wǽgon, and xxx. þúsenda ealfarena and oxna þá ðe hwǽte bǽron, Nar. 9, 10. See Nap. 78; Jord. 126. (where the word is connected with Spanish (from Arabic) al-faras)

clyster

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Ox. 2, 99. Clistro dactilos, 2, 10. Clystro, fingerappla clystra, 472. Add

be-hípian

(v.)
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Ox. 3322

Linked entry: -hípian

be-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sígan, p. -sáh

To rush

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Ox. 4126

bord-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
bord-cláþ, es; m.

A table-cloth ⬩ mappella

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Ox. 56, 22

dǽd-lic

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Ox. 994. Add

ear

(n.)
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Ox. 2359: 2735

fíf-wintre

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Ox. 4144. Add

for-molsnung

(n.)
Grammar
for-molsnung, e; f.

Corruption

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Ox. 1251

Linked entry: molsnung

for-wrégan

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Ox. 7, 146. Add

ge-fýran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fýran, ge-fýrian.
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Ox. 2, 319

Linked entry: fýran

ge-þæslic

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Ox 3891

gnuddian

(v.)
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Ox. 56, 33

gylden-híw

(adj.)
Grammar
gylden-híw, gylden-híwe; adj.
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Ox. 43, 5

hoga

Grammar
hoga, care.
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Ox. 8, 283

hríþer-heord

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Ox. 18 b, 2. Add

ísenian

(v.)
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Ox. 736

líþung

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Ox. 8, 398

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