Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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heonu

(int.)
Grammar
heonu, heono, henu, hona; interj.

Lo ⬩ behold

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Lo, behold Heonu [henu, Rush.] ecce, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 8. Heono, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 29. Hona lá mín hláford ecce dominus meus, Shrn. 60, 14

Linked entries: onu eno eonu

wín-beger

(n.)
Grammar
wín-beger, es; n.

A grape

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Rush. 7, 16. Wíntrog, ðér monn tred ða wínbegera torcular Lind. 21, 33

Linked entry: beger

wilde-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wilde-deór, es; n.

A wild beast

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Rush. 1, 13

Linked entry: deór

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to wash ⬩ to anoint.

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.: ðwǽs, Rush.) ðú nǽfre míne fét.' Se Hǽlend cwæþ: ' Gif ic ðé ne þweá (áðóa, Lind.: ðwǽ, Rush.), næfst ðú nánne dǽl myd mé, Jn. Skt. 13, 8. Ðú ðwehst (ðwés, Surt.) mé lavabis me, Ps. Lamb. 50, 9.

þyrnen

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrnen, adj.

Of thorns

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., Rush.) spineam coronam, Mk. Skt. 5, 17: Jn. Skt. 19, 5. Þyrnenne cynehelm (sigbég of ðornum, Lind., Rush.) coronant de spinis, 2. Ðyrnenne beág, Past. 36; Swt. 261, 14. Þyrnenne, Exon. Th. 69, 27; Cri. 1127. Ðone ðyrnenan helm, Homl.

búta

(adv.)
Grammar
búta, adv.
Entry preview:

Rush. War. 18, 16

stǽner

(n.)
Grammar
stǽner, (? v. stǽnen, I)
Entry preview:

Rush. 4, 5, 16. Stǽnero, Lind. 4, 16

ældan

(v.)

To delay ⬩ forbear ⬩ postpone ⬩ conceal

Entry preview:

Rush. Stv. 25, 5: Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 31; MS. B

Linked entry: ildan

pípere

(n.)
Grammar
pípere, es; m.
Entry preview:

Se Hǽlend geseah hwistleras (píperas, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 23

streám-faru

(n.)
Grammar
streám-faru, e; f.
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The going or flowing of a stream of water, a current: — -Se æðeling hét streámfare stillan the prince bade the rush of waters cease, Andr. Kmbl. 3150; An. 1578

un-meahtiglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-meahtiglíc, adj.

weak ⬩ impossible

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Rush. 1, 37: 17, 1. Suíðe unmæghtiglíc, Lind. 18, 24

Linked entry: un-meahtelíc

CNEDAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNEDAN, ic cnede, ðú cnidest, cnist, he cnit, pl. cnedaþ; p. ic, he cnæd, ðú cnǽde, pl. cnǽdon; pp. cneden

To KNEAD, ⬩ ferment ⬩ subigere ⬩ fermentare

Entry preview:

Rush. 13, 21

on-lísness

(n.)
Grammar
on-lísness, e; f.

Deliverance, redemption

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Rush. 21, 28

hreóf

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóf, adj.

Rough ⬩ rugged ⬩ scabby ⬩ leprous

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Rush. 8, 2. Ðonne biþ se líchoma hreóf ðonne se bryne ðe on ðæm innoþe biþ útáslihþ tó ðære hýde fervor intimus usque ad cutis scabiem prorumpit, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 71, 5. In húse simonis ðæs hreófan in domo Simonis leprosi, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 6.

Linked entry: hrífþo

til

(prep.)
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Ðá cueð til (tó, Rush.) him ðe Hǽlend tunc dicit illis Jesus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 31. Huér wiltú ðæt wé gearuiga ðé til eottanne (tó etanne, Rush.) Eástro ubi vis paremus tibi comedere Pascha? 26, 17

niþer-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer-weardes, -weard; adv.

Downwards ⬩ in a downward direction

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Rush. 8, 32. Nyþerwerd deorsum versum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 63. Niþerwurd in praeceps, deorsum, Hpt. Gl. 499. 66

þe

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, <b>=se</b>,
Entry preview:

Rush. 4, 2, 6

wiþer-metan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-metan, p. -mæt, pl.-mǽton; pp. -meten

To compare

Entry preview:

Rush. 18, 23

Linked entry: wiþ-metan

pricele

(n.)
Grammar
pricele, <b> (a?),</b> an; f. m. (?)
Entry preview:

Ðone hlætmesto pricclu (pricla, Rush.) nouissimum minutum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 59

ge-firenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-firenian, -firnian; p. ode; pp. od

To sin ⬩ peccāre

Entry preview:

Rush. 27, 4

Linked entries: firenian ge-firnian ge-fyrenian

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