Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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burh-þelu

(n.)
Grammar
burh-þelu, e; f.
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A castle-floor

burþre

(n.)
Grammar
burþre, an; f.
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A birth, issue; natus, partus Þurh ða burþran we wǽron gehǽlde, and þurh ðæt gebeorþor we wurdon alýsde through the issue we were saved, and through the birth we were redeemed, Homl. Blick. 105, 20

býcnung

(n.)
Grammar
býcnung, e; f.
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A figure, trope; figura Under býcnunge ðæs bíges sub figura coronæ, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 10

byg-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
byg-spæc, e; f.
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A beguiling in speech; supplantatio, Ps. Spl. 40, 10

byrd-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
byrd-tíd, e; f.
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Birth-tide, time of birth; natale tempus

byrene

(n.)
Grammar
byrene, an; f.
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A she-bear; ursa, Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 70; Wrt. Voc. 23, 29

byrig-berge

(n.)
Grammar
byrig-berge, an; f.
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A mulberry; morum Byrigbergena seáw selle drincan give him to drink juice of mulberries, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 230, 12

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, an; f.
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Running water, a stream; torrens, rivus Ofer byrnan bðsm over the stream's bosom, Exon. 102a; Th. 386, 15; Rä. 4, 62

byrþor-þínen

(n.)
Grammar
byrþor-þínen, e: f.
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A midwife

byrðyn

(n.)
Grammar
byrðyn, e; f.
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A burthen; onus Mín byrðyn ys leóht meum onus est leve, Mt. Bos. 11, 30

býsgung

(n.)
Grammar
býsgung, e; f.
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Business, occupation, care; negotium, occupatio, cura

bysmer-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
bysmer-spæc, e; f.
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Blasphemy; blasphemia For ðínre bysrner-spæce for thy blasphemy, Jn. Bos. 10, 33

CÆPPE

(n.)
Grammar
CÆPPE, an; f.
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A CAP, cape, cope, hood; cappa, pileus, cucullus, planeta Cæppe cappa, Wrt. Voc. 81, 67. Cæppe planeta, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 114; Wrt. Voc. 25, 54: 81, 45, Gerénod cæppe an adorned hood; penula, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 115; Wrt. Voc. 25, 55

Linked entry: cappa

cærfille

(n.)
Grammar
cærfille, an; f.
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Chervil; cerefolium Cærfille cerefolium, Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 45; Wrt. Voc. 31, 55

cæster

(n.)
Grammar
cæster, e; f.
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A city; civitas. Mt. Rush. Stv. 5, 14: 8, 34

caldu

(n.)
Grammar
caldu, e; f.
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Cold, coldness; gelu, frigus

camb

(n.)
Grammar
camb, e; f.
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A comb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey; favus Hí yrnbþrungon me swá swá beón camba they surrounded me as bees [surround] the combs, Ps. Lamb. 117, 12

cancetung

(n.)
Grammar
cancetung, e; f.
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A laughing in a cackling manner; cachinnus, Cot. 58

CANNE

(n.)
Grammar
CANNE, an; f.
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A CAN, cup; crater Canne crater vel canna, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 38; Wrt. Voc. 24, 38

Cantwara mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
Cantwara mægþ, e; f.
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The county of Kent, men of Kent; Cantianorum provincia On Cantwara mægþe in the county of Kent, Bd. pref; S. 471, 26

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