Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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wiþerwirdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerwirdan, p. de

To oppose ⬩ be adverse to

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To oppose, be adverse to Ealle ða ðé wiþerwyrdaþ omnes qui tibi aduersantur, Scint. 165, 4

aler

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Be ðǽre alra ofesce, C. D. iii. 393, 11. Add

á-fégan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fégan, p. de
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To join Áfoegedo sociata, Rtl. 79, 30. ꝥte ꝥ bið áfoegid ut quod jungitur , 109, 6

Linked entry: fégan

birn-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
birn-sweord, es; n.
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A flaming sword God his byrnsweord getýhþ and þás world ealle þurhslyhþ, Bl. H. 109, 34

Linked entry: byrn-sweord

bryt-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
bryt-mǽlum, adv.
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By bits, gradually Bretmǽlum minutatim, An. Ox. 1829. Bryt(mǽlum) minutatim, i. gradatim ł ordinatim, 1553

Linked entries: bryc-mǽlum bret-mǽlum

diácon-gegirela

(n.)
Grammar
diácon-gegirela, an; m.
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A deacon's vestment Bysceopgegirelan and diácongegyrelan sacerdotalia uel clericalia indumenta, Bd. 1. 29; Sch. 90, 20

for-cirring

(n.)
Grammar
for-cirring, e; f.
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A turning aside On forcirringe in convertendo, Bl. Gl. Forcerringe, Ps. Srt. 9, 4: 125, 1

Linked entry: -cirring

folc-gedréfness

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gedréfness, e; f.
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Troubling of peoples Mycel folcgedrefnesse bið ðonne ǽr dómes dæg (cf. Mt. 24, 7), Nap. 23

Linked entry: ge-dréfnes

ge-sinhíwan

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Gesinhígum, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 80, II : 4, 5; Sch. 379, i. See newt word. Add

ge-teágan

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Add: — Him mon selle leóhte wyrtdrencas swilce swá bið wel geteád alwe, Lch. ii. 226, 14

rǽdness

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The examples under should be taken under hræd-ness, q. v. add: v. gecwid-, wiþer-rǽdness

reord

Grammar
reord, speech.
Entry preview:

On Englisce reorde in sua, id est Anglorum, lingua, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 12. Add

Satan

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Æfter þúsend geárum bið Satanas unbunden . . . Nú syndon Satanases bendas swýðe tóslopene, Wlfst. 83, 8. Add

scorf

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Swá mycel hreófle and sceorfe (scurf, scyrf, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 12. Add

súþ

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ, adv.
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Gif hé (thunder) bið súð gehéred, sé bécnað cininges wífes cwealm, Archiv cxx. 47, 22. Add

súþan-westerne

(adj.)
Grammar
súþan-westerne, adj.
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Bt. 4; F. 8, 7

tilia

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Gif se yrðlincg behylt underbæc gelóme, ne bið hé gelimplic tilia, Hml. S. 16, 179. Add

þreá

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Bl. N. p. 2. Add:

feax

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Fore missenlicre heora feaxes híwe pro diuersa capillorum specie, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 20. Add

riht-willend

(n.)
Grammar
riht-willend, es; m.

One whose desires are right

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One whose desires are right Ðú eart án ðara rihtwillendra Bt. 15, 1 ; Fox 10, 6

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