Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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þeód-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeód-líc, adj.
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Of a people Ðeódlíc nama gentile nomen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 45; Zup. 65, 6

þúft

(n.)
Grammar
þúft, es; m.

A place full of bushes

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A place full of bushes Gewrid oþþe þúftas frutecta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 25

under-drifenness

(n.)

subjectio

Entry preview:

glosses subjectio in: Of underdrifenise diówla de subjectione daemonum, Lk. Skt. p. 6, 16

Linked entry: drifenness

un-geférendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geférendlíc, (?); adj.

Inaccessible ⬩ difficult of access

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Inaccessible, difficult of access Fóran wé þurh ða ungeférenlícan (-férend-?) eorþan, Nap. 17, 7

wudu-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-cyn, wudu-cynn, es; n.

A kind of wood

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A kind of wood Wuducynn ł wyrtcynn nardi pistici, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3

wudu-rima

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rima, an; m.

The edge of a wood

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The edge of a wood West be wuduriman, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. in. 34, 15

word-loca

(n.)
Grammar
word-loca, an; m.

The storehouse of words

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The storehouse of words Ongan hé reordigan, wordlocan onspeónn, Andr. Kmbl. 940; An. 470

án-bíme

(adj.)
Grammar
án-bíme, adj.
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Made out of a single trunk Ánbýme scip trabaria, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 28

Linked entry: -bíme

á-hangian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hangian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To hang (intrans.) Án of ðǽm ðá ðe áhongadon ( pendebant ), Lk. L. 23, 39

Linked entry: hangian

burn-stów

(n.)
Grammar
burn-stów, e; f.
Entry preview:

Andlang burnstówæ, C.D. iii. 175, 34. On ðá burnstówæ; of ðǽre burnstówæ, 176, 10. ?

burg-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
burg-biscop, es; m.
Entry preview:

The bishop of a city Hé fulluht underféng æt þám burhbiscope, H.R. 15, 16

Cant-waru

(n.)
Grammar
Cant-waru, e; f.
Entry preview:

The people of Kent Eall Brytene búton Cantware ánre, Chr. 617; P. 24, 28

cealf-loca

(n.)
Grammar
cealf-loca, an; m.
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An enclosure for calves Of dǽm londe et cealflocan, C. D. i. 312, 6

costnung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
costnung-stów, e; f.
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A place of temptation On þǽre costnung*-*stówe in loco tentationis, Deut. 6, 16

dægen-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
dægen-lic, adj.
Entry preview:

Of this day Fram þyssum dægenlican dæge ab hodierno die, Angl. xvii. 121, 7

eorþ-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gemǽre, es; n.
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An end of the earth Eall eorðgemǽru universi fines terrae, Ps. Th. 21, 25

hancréd-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
hancréd-tíd, e; f.
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Cock-crow, a division of the night Honcrédtíd gallicinium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 17

healdsum

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

Taking care of ⬩ protective

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Taking care of, protective Sé bið halsum in his líf, Archiv, cxxix. 25, 6

hell-god

(n.)

Dis

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the god of hell, Dis Helgodes Ditis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 3: 27, 24

Linked entry: helle-god

hell-grund

(n.)
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the depth of hell Þú in hellgrundes (helle-, v.l.) ástige, Angl. xii. 507, 8

Linked entry: helle-grund

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