Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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alexandrisc

(adj.)
Grammar
alexandrisc, adj.
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Of Alexandria Alexandresca cirica Alexandrinae ecclesiae, Mt. p. 8, 10

bord-hreóða

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For the cover of the shield substitute a phalanx

blóden

(adj.)
Grammar
blóden, (?); adj.

Bloody

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Bloody Of blódene de cruente, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 15

ciniht

(adj.)
Grammar
ciniht, adj.
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Full of cracks Cionecti rimosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 16

Linked entries: cíne cinecti

ellen-wyrttruma

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-wyrttruma, an; m.
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A root of elder Ellenwyrttruman rind, Lch. ii. 270, 3

fefer-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
fefer-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of fever Fefercynnes gealdor, Lch. ii. 14, 10

folc-fríg

Grammar
folc-fríg, -freó.
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having the rights of a freeman. After 'Folk-free' add:

ge-hylced

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hylced, adj.
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Bent; of legs, bandy Gehylcedom diuaricatis (cruribus ), Germ. 398, 252

hofoton

(v.)
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Tó cwenn hofoton ; of cwenn hofofon, Cht. E. 248, 17

merþern

(adj.)
Grammar
merþern, adj.
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Of martin skins Merðerne pyleceon, Chr. 1075 ; P. 209, 32

Linked entry: mearþ

feówertig-geáre

(adj.)
Grammar
feówertig-geáre, adj.
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Of forty years Geond feówertiggeáre fec, Hml. S. 3, 469

David-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
David-lic, adj.
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Of David Cynrenes Dauidlices stirpis Davitice, Hy. S. 104, 5

ǽger-geolu

(n.)
Grammar
ǽger-geolu, wes; n.

The yolk of an egg

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The yolk of an egg Aegergelu fitilium, Txts. 62, 429

Linked entry: geolo

hægl-scúr

(n.)
Grammar
hægl-scúr, es; m.

A shower of hail, hailstorm

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A shower of hail, hailstorm, Andr. Kmbl. 2515; An. 1259

haga-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
haga-þorn, es; m.

Hawthorn

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Hawthorn Of hagaþornum de tribolis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 16

heal-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
heal-wudu, a; m.

The woodwork of a hall

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The woodwork of a hall, Beo. Th. 2639; B. 1317

Linked entry: heall-wudu

wind-bland

(n.)

tumult of winds

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tumult of winds Windblond gelæg, Beo. Th. 6284; B. 3146

smedemen

(adj.)
Grammar
smedemen, smedmen; adj.

Of fine flour

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Of fine flour Smedmen hláf similagineus panis Scint. 154, 1

holm-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
holm-wylm, es; m.

The surge of the sea

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The surge of the sea, Beo. Th. 4814; B. 2411

tirwen

(adj.)
Grammar
tirwen, (?); adj.

Of resin

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Of resin Tyrwene, stórsæpes, hryseles resinae, Hpt. Gl. 501, 1

Linked entry: tyrwen

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