Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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segn

(n.)
Grammar
segn, segen, es ; m. n.
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Th. 65, 30 ; Cri. 1062. Segnes gúþfana labara, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 74. Segne pendiculo (cf. labarum, signum pensile), 66, 48. Hæfdon him tó segne beácen árǽred, gyldenne león the tribe of Judah had a golden lion for their standard, Cd.

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friþsumian

(v.)
Grammar
friþsumian, p. ode
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To make peaceable, reconcile Ealle friðsumaþ God (cf. ? per eum reconciliare omnia in ipsum, Col. I, 20) on eallum his mhtum, Hpt. 21, 189, 28. Cf. ge-sibsumian

hám-weard

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Hí fóron tó Róme and gebidan mycele earfoðnysse þá hí hámward fóran, Chr. 1061; P. 191, 2

blæd

(n.)

a cup

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a cup. Dele

dwilman

Grammar
dwilman, l.
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Cf. dwolma

glengista

Grammar
glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: 'In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.' In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

gleomu

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Add: cf. glǽm

gripu

(n.)
Grammar
gripu, a cauldron.
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Add: cf. gropa

swilcness

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Add: cf. gehwilcness

þeówincel

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Add: cf. wilincel

wacu

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Add: cf. wæce

a-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sníðan, p. -snáp, pl. -snidon ; pp. -sniden ; v. trans.

To cut off ⬩ amputare

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To cut off; amputare

burg-bót

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Add: Cf. ge-bétung

crencestre

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Add: Cf. cranc-stæf

eár-clǽnsend

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Add: cf. eár-finger

freó

(n.)
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Cf. frowe

ge-leógan

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Add: cf. á-leógan

ge-þang

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Add: Cf. ge-þungen

ge-þawenian

(v.)
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Add: Cf. ge-þǽnan

ge-drettan

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Add: Cf. (?) ofer-drettan

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