Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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cwylmd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwylmd, = cwylmed killed, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 1; pp.
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of cwylman

fallende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fallende, falling, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 24, = feallende; part.
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of feallan

ge-stuncon

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stuncon, smelt, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 35; p. pl.
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of ge-stincan

ge-teód

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-teód, determined, decreed, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 12; pp.
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of ge-teón

a-wyltne

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wyltne, acc. s. m. of a-wylt ; pp. of a-wyltan.

rolled away

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rolled away,Lk. Bos. 24, 2;

béne

(n.)
Grammar
béne, gen. dat. s ; nom. acc. pl. of bén q. v.

a prayer

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a prayer

on-médan

(v.)
Grammar
on-médan, (?) to take upon one's self, to presume (
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the following passage should be given under médan) Ondsware ýwe se hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him give answer, who will take upon himself to say in words, what the name of that wood is, Exon. Th. 437, 30; Rä. 56, 15. v. next word

Linked entry: médan

smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
smirwan, smerwan, s. mirewan, smeruwan, smirian, smerian, smyrian; p. smirede, ode
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To smear, anoint Ic smirie míne flán on blóde. Deut. 32, 42. Ðu smirest unges. Ex. 29, 36. Ðú smyrest linies, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 46. On ðam dæge ðe hig man smiraþ in die vnctionis suae, Lev. 6, 20. Smirewaþ (smirjaþ, Hatt, MS. ) eówre eágan mid sealfe

Linked entries: smerian smerwan smirian smyrian

gelde

Grammar
gelde, Substitute: Geld (v. N. E. D. s. v.), barren, unproductive
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Effeta, i. sine foetu, debilis, priuata, sine fructu, vel gelde, uacuala, ineruata, sterilis, stulta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 22. Effeta [ná ?] berende bið oððe gelde oððe áfyldum, 394, 26

a-habban

(v.)
Grammar
a-habban, p. -hæfde; subj. pres. s. -hæbbe [a from, habban to have]

To abstain ⬩ restrain ⬩ abstinere

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To abstain, restrain; abstinere Ðú ne woldest ðé ahabban fram ðam húse ðæs forlorenan mannes noluisti te continere a domo perditi, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 36. Ðæt Herebald eallinga hine fram ðam geflíte ahæbbe ut Herebald ab illo se certamine funditus abstineat

cwénn

(n.)
Grammar
cwénn, cwén , Exon. 25b; Th. 73, 34; Cri. 1199; acc. s.

a woman

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of a woman

dáhle

Grammar
dáhle, hid, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 24, = dígle; pl. nom. acc.
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of dígol

Brytta

(n.)
Grammar
Brytta, of the Britons, Bd. l, 34; S. 499, 20; gen. pl.
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of Bryttas

leornesse

(n.)
Grammar
leornesse, [?]
  • Bd. 6, 5
    • ;
  • S. 527, 16
    • ,
other MSS. have geornesse.

Cædmon

(n.)
Grammar
Cædmon, es; m. [Cædrnon, MS. C. C. C. Oxford: Cædrnon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 170, 50; Cedmon, S. 597, 12: Ceadmon, MS. B. S. 597, note 12: Cadmon, Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens, fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11: cæd linter, mon homo]
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A man employed by the monks of Whitby in the care of their cattle in the early part of the seventh century. He is the first person of whom we possess any metrical composition in our vernacular language. So striking and similar are some of his thoughts

BEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓ, indecl. in s; pl. nom. acc. beón; gen. beóna; dat. beóum, beóm ; f.

A BEE ⬩ apis

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A BEE; apis. The keeping of bees was an object of much care in the economy of the Anglo-Saxons. The great variety of expressions, taken from the flavour of honey, sufficiently account for the value they placed upon it. While the bee-masters [beó-ceorlas

Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió

for-wyrþaþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrþaþ, = for-weorþaþ; pl. pres. i-s/>of for-weorþan.

perish

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perish. Ps. Lamb. 101, 27

be-tilldon

(v.)
Grammar
be-tilldon, be-teldon,
  • Bd. 4, 26
    • ;
  • S. 602, 19
, for betǽldon

deceived

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deceived

þrefe

(n.)
Grammar
þrefe, a measure of corn, a throve [v. N. E. D. s. v.]
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Swá man ǽr simle dide tióþunge æt ǽlcere sylh án fóðer cornes þe eahte þreues cornes on wéron, C. D. B. iii. 367, 24. [From Scandinavian. Icel. þrefi.]

dagas

(n.)
Grammar
dagas, days, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 32: 474, 31; pl. nom. acc.
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of dæg

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