Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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dropian

(v.)

to drop

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to drop, Ps. Th. 44, 10

Linked entry: dreópian

drupian

(v.)

to drop

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to drop, Ps. Spl. 67, 9

ge-brudon

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brudon, p. pl. of ge-bredan.

drew ⬩ unsheathed

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drew, unsheathed,Ps. Spl. 36, 14;

ge-téh

(v.)

drew,

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drew, Nicod. 30; Thw. 17, 31

drabbe

(n.)

dregs, lees, DRAB ⬩ fæces

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dregs, lees, DRAB; fæces, Som. Ben. Lye

ge-bræd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bræd, p. of ge-bredan.

drew ⬩ brandished

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drew, brandished,Beo. Th. 5118; B. 2562;

drófig

(adj.)
Grammar
drófig, adj.
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See first passage under dróf in Dict

þeód-guma

Grammar
þeód-guma, For 'A chief man ... great man' substitute: A member of a þeód (v. þeód; I a),
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Cf. dryht-guma

hilde-gicel

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-gicel, es; m.

A drop of blood

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A drop of bloodBeo. Th. 3217; B. 1606

wrítian

(v.)
Grammar
wrítian, <b>; I.</b> substitute: <b>writian</b> (?)
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to cut (v. wrítan; ) or to draw (v. wrítan; ) a figure Ðonne wercað hió of weaxe, writiaþ (wrítaþ?) Fénix, métaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, draw it, paint it, E. S. 478

cleadur

(n.)

a clatter, drum, rattle ⬩ crepitaculum,

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a clatter, drum, rattle; crepitaculum, Som. Ben. Lye

droppan

(v.)

to drop

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to drop Droppende stillans, Ps. Lamb. 71, 6

dífing

(n.)
Grammar
dífing, e; f.
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Immersion þá ðreó dýfinga on fontbæðe. Wlfst. 36, 9

Linked entry: dýfing

a-tuge

(v.)
Grammar
a-tuge, p. subj. of a-teón.

might draw away ⬩ abstraheret

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might draw away; abstraheret,Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 19;

droppetian

(v.)
Grammar
droppetian, droppetan; p. ode ede; pp. od, ed

To drop, fall by drops, distil ⬩ distillāre

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To drop, fall by drops, distil; distillāre Heofonas droppetodon fram ansýne Godes cæli distillāvērunt a facie Dei, Ps. Lamb. 67, 9. Fór ansýne Drihtnes heofonas droppetaþ the heavens drop before the face of the Lord, Ps. Th. 67, 9

birilian

(v.)
Grammar
birilian, birlian, byrlian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To draw, bear ⬩ haurire

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To draw, bear; haurire, Jn. Lind. Rush. War. 2, 8, 9

clatrung

(n.)
Grammar
clatrung, e; f.

a drum, rattle ⬩ crepitaculum.

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Anything that makes a clattering, a drum, rattle; crepitaculum. Cot. 51

sprot

(n.)
Grammar
sprot, sprott a coarse kind of rush, sprot [v. N. E. D. sprot2 ]
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In drýge sprott in harundine (v. Skeat's collation), Rtl. 86, 34

wól-berende

(adj.)
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Se wólberenda drync ille pestifer potus, Gr. D. 104, 31. Add

þrǽs

(n.)
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a fringe, border Ðrés, liste limbus, Txts. 75, 1228. Ðrés, thrés oresta, 85, 1455. Ðrǽs, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 51. Þrǽs instita, i. 26, 10. Ðrési lymbo, Txts. 75, 1264. Liste oððe þrǽs lembum, listum oððe þrǽsum limbus(-is?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 68, 69

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