Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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eall-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
eall-rihte, adv.
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Ben. 131, 13

earmella

(n.)
Grammar
earmella, an; m.
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Ben. 136, 23

hefe-full

(adj.)
Grammar
hefe-full, adj.

Grievous

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Ben. 49, 18

híwcúþa

(n.)
Grammar
híwcúþa, an; m.
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Ben. I. 87, 16

Linked entry: híw-cúþ

lǽring-mann

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Ben. 20, 6. Add

rysce

(n.)
Grammar
rysce, an; f.
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A bed of rushes (?) Of bæccæ funtan on ðá riscæan; of ðǽre riscæan on sagelmære, C. D. iv. 27, 15

þeóging

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Swá hwylc[e] swá hwætlíce tó þeógincge ( ad profectum ) efstað, búton tweón hrædlíce hí beóð geendude, Scint. 101, 16. Add

eáþe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáþe, adv.
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Cumað æalle tó ánum hláforde, sume ǽð, sume unéð; náðer ne hí þeder gelíce eáðe cumað, ne hí þér gelíce eáðe ne beóð. Sume beóð on máran áre and on máran éðnesse þonne sume, Solil. H. 44, 10-13.

eall-gearo

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-gearo, adj.

All-ready

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All-ready; omnīno promptus Ic beóm eall-gearo I am all-ready, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 19; Rä. 24, 4

mynster-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-þegnung, e; f.

Service done in a monastery

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Ben. 85, 17

ge-bétan

Grammar
ge-bétan, <b>; II.</b>
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Ben. 52, 5: 126. 3

un-bescoren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-bescoren, adj.

Unshorn ⬩ without the tonsure

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Ben. 135, 29

Linked entry: be-sceran

fracoþ-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
fracoþ-scipe, es; m.
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Ben. 141, 5

forþ-rihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-rihtes, adv.
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Ben. I. 48, 6

óþer-geáre

(adv.)
Grammar
óþer-geáre, adv.
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Next year Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna scyle beón óþergeáre on þisne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 16, 19

swyle

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Add: sensation of swelling Hé onfindeb swile, and ꝥ þá óman beóð inne betýnde þurh þá ábláwunge, Lch. ii. 174, 22

á-dreógendlic

(adj.)

agendus, gerendus

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Ben. I. 37, 12. Lífes ádreógen(d)lices vite gerende, Hy. S. 103, 3

on-hefedness

(n.)
Grammar
on-hefedness, e; f.

Exaltation

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Ben. 23, 2

Linked entry: -hefedness

GÉN

(adv.)
Grammar
GÉN, gién; adv.

Again, moreover, besides, at length, yet, hitherto ⬩ iterum, denuo, adhuc, insuper, denique

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Gién ðé sunu weorðeþ yet there shall be a son to thee, Cd. 100; Th. 132, 19; Gen. 2195.

Linked entries: gién geána géna gægne geán

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Síde scyldas, randas regnhearde, Beo. Th. 656; B. 325. fig. a shield, protection: — Scild mín beo ðú refugium meum es tu, Ps. Spl. T. 70, 4. Ðam biþ Dryhten scyld, Exon.

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld

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