Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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sundor-gecynd

(n.)
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-Hé hafaþ sundorgecynd, Exon. Th. 357, 18; Pa. 30

teónere

(n.)
Grammar
teónere, es; m.
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A calumniator Hé geeádmét ðane teónere humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Lamb. 71, 4

þurh-dúfan

(v.)

to dive through

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to dive through Hé wæter up þurhdeáf, Beo. Th. 3243; B. 1619

un-geáxod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geáxod, adj.

Unasked

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Unasked Hé ungeáxod clypode: 'Ic eom cristen,' Homl. Th. i. 428, 6

Linked entry: ge-ascian

an-weald

(adj.)
Grammar
an-weald, adj.
Entry preview:

Powerful Hi wuldrodon þá anwaldan and hergendlican þrynysse, Hml. S. 30, 452

bridlian

(v.)
Grammar
bridlian, l. brídlian,
Entry preview:

Hí heofon mid heora mægenum brídlodan, Bl. H. 161, 18. and add

earfoþ-rihte

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-rihte, adj.
Entry preview:

Hard to correct, incorrigible Gif hé þwur sý . . . oððe earfoðrihte, Nap. 19

Linked entry: -rihte

ge-wǽpne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpne, es; n.
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Armour, weapons, arms Hé tóbricð gewǽpnu confringet arma, Ps. L. 45, 10

Linked entry: -wǽpne

gníding

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Sceal hé þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, Lch. ii. 30, 28. Add

greót

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Hé on greút giswom the whale was stranded, Txts. 127, 7. Add

pín-beám

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Hí begunnon tó ceorfenne þone heágan pínbeám, Hml. S. 31, 407. Add

strǽlian

(v.)
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Þæt hý strǽlien (sagittent) on dígelnissum unwemme, Ps. Rdr. 63, 5. Add

torhtness

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Hé ne gýmeð þysses eorðlican ríces torhtnessa, Verc. Först. 108, 4. Add

wiþ-licgan

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Gif hé wiðligð þissum si his renisus fuerit, Chrd. 61, 16. Add

æt-speornan

Grammar
æt-speornan, <b>; II.</b>
Entry preview:

Add Hí (venti) ætspurnon (impegertint) on ðám húse, R. Ben. 5, 2

cweccan

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Hé cwehte út his sáwle eius animam excussit, Chrd. 99, 34. Add

æf-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
æf-hende, (-hynde); adj.

Absent

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Absent Gif hé æfhynde byþ si absens fuerit Angl. xiii. 387, 316

Linked entries: of-hende -hende

hearm-cweðend

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-cweðend, es; m.

A calumniator

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A calumniator Hé ða hermcweðend hýneþ humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Th. 71, 5

á-þynnian

(v.)
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Nihte is áþinnod sceadu noctis tenuatur umbra, Hy. S. 8, 19. Add

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Hé ealle gesceafta on his handa hafaþ he hath all creatures in his hand, Blickl. Homl. 121, 15. Se ðe hie on handa hæfþ who has it in his possession, L. Eth. 2, 9; Th. i. 290, 17.

Linked entries: irfe-hand hand-gemǽne hond

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