Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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a-fýrd

(n.)
Grammar
a-fýrd, es; m.

A eunuch ⬩ spado

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A eunuch; spado, Cot. 189

apple-tún

(n.)
Grammar
apple-tún, es; m.

An orchard ⬩ pomarium

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An orchard; pomarium, Cot. 146

Linked entry: appel-tún

ár-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ár-geweorc, es; n.

Brass-work ⬩ æramentum

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Brass-work; æramentum, Cot. 79

be-hyðelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
be-hyðelíce, adv.

More sumptuously ⬩ sumptuosius

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More sumptuously; sumptuosius Cot. 186

cipe-leac

(n.)
Grammar
cipe-leac, es; n.

A leek ⬩ cipus

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A leek; cipus, Cot. 55

dón-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dón-líc, adj.

Active ⬩ practĭcus = πρακτικόs

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Active; practĭcus = πρακτικόs, Cot. 149

dreám-swinsung

(n.)

mirth-harmony, harmony

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mirth-harmony, harmony, Cot. 4

ed-wítfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ed-wítfullíce, adv.

Disgracefully ⬩ probrōse

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Cot. 195, Lye

éwestre

(n.)
Grammar
éwestre, es; m.

A sheepfold ⬩ ŏvile

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A sheepfold; ŏvile, Cot. 7

Linked entry: eówestras

fæsten-behæfednes

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-behæfednes, -ness, e; f.

Parsimony, niggardliness ⬩ parsĭmōnia

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Parsimony, niggardliness; parsĭmōnia, Cot. 191

fæstes

(adv.)
Grammar
fæstes, adv.

By chance ⬩ forte

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By chance; forte, Cot. 88

filma

(n.)
Grammar
filma, an; m.

A cleft ⬩ rīma

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A cleft; rīma, Cot. 180

firwet-geornes

(n.)
Grammar
firwet-geornes, -ness, e; f.

Curiosity ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sollĭcĭtūdo

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Curiosity, anxiety; sollĭcĭtūdo, Cot. 60

Linked entry: feorwit-geornes

fóre-cynren

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-cynren, es; n.

A progeny ⬩ progĕnies

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Cot. 154

fóre-mearcod

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-mearcod, part.

Fore-noted ⬩ prænŏtātus

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Fore-noted; prænŏtātus, Cot. 157

fóre-mihtiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fóre-mihtiglíce, -mihtlíce; adv.

Most mightily ⬩ strēnue

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Most mightily; strēnue, Cot. 202

fóre-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-wís, adj.

Forewise ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ præscius

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Cot. 149

for-swealt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-swealt, p. of for-sweltan.

died away

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died away, Cot. 65: 190;

freceo

(n.)

a glutton ⬩ lurco

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a glutton; lurco, Cot. 120

here-þrym

(n.)

a cohort,

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a cohort, Cot. 81, Lye

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