Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-hæp

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæp, adj.

Fit

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An. 21, 13

Linked entries: -hæp hæplíc

ge-onfenge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-onfenge, adj.

Taken

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Taken Án geonfenge biþ una assumetur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 17, 35

Linked entry: on-fenge

ge-sciran

(v.)

to act as a steward ⬩ vilicare

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to act as a steward; vilicare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 2

scínefrian

(v.)
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to glitter And scínefrian ac micare , Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 33

þeór-wenn

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-wenn, es; m.
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An inflamed wen, a carbuncle(?) Wiþ þeórwenne, Lchdm. ii. 342, 16

Linked entry: wenn

unriht-hǽmend

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmend, es; m.

An adulterer

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An adulterer Þeófum and mánswarum and unrihthǽmendum, Blickl. Homl. 63, 13

Linked entries: hǽmend unriht-hǽmdere

blód-siht

Grammar
blód-siht, e.
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Substitute: blód-sihte, an

beó-móder

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Seó beómóder cosdrus, An. Ox. 258. Beómódra principum (apum), 240. Add

breátan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Transfer the passage to breótan, and see remark at á-breátan

breóst-gird

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-gird, e ; f.

A sceptre

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A sceptre ? Tǽnene breóstgyrde sceptrinae virgae, An. Ox. 3303: 2, 188

Linked entry: gird

dafen-lic

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Substitute for citation Þæslicum, dafnlicum congruis i. oportunis, An. Ox. 1331

deáþbǽr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
deáþbǽr-ness, e; f.
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Deadliness, destructiveness Slítinc, geter, deádbǽrnes dilaceratio, i. mortificatio, An. Ox. 3946

ende-byrdlic

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Endebredlices originalis (misread by glosser as ordinalis?), Rtl. 109, 27. Add

fiþer-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
fiþer-sliht, -sleht, es; m.

Wing-flapping

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Wing-flapping Scyllendre coca fiþerslehte concrepante pullorum plausu, An. Ox. 4892

Linked entry: sliht

cyst-ness

(n.)
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munificence Cystnysse (cysti-, An. Ox. 1183) munificentiam, Hpt. Gl. 434, 50. (?)

fore-wittiendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
fore-wittiendlic, adj.

Foreknowing ⬩ prophetic

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Foreknowing, prophetic Forewittiendlicere gecíednysse presago (i. prescio) uocabulo, An. Ox. 1502

Linked entry: witiendlíc

for-miltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-miltan, p. te
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To cause to melt Formylte liquefactas, An. Ox. 3976: 2, 278

ge-strengan

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Gestrengid (-strenigd, MS.) formata, i. facta, An. Ox. 46, 8. Add

ge-cwis

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For Cot. 46: Hpt. 519 substitute Gequis conspiratio, An. Ox. 4955

ge-cwidrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwidrǽdness, e; f.
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An agreement, a covenant Hér swutelað seó gecwydrǽdnes ðe ..., Nap. 28

Linked entry: -cwidrǽdness

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