Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ó-wérn

(adv.)
Grammar
ó-wérn, adv.
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An. 102, 16. (Smith's Bede, 595, 3, has ówhwǽr.)

scírness

(n.)
Grammar
scírness, e; f.
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An explanation, declaration (?) Scírnis ypoteseo bassio, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 73

be-tolden

(v.; part.)

surrounded

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surrounded, Andr. Kmbl. 1976; An. 990; Similar entries pp. of beteldan

bigsen

(n.)

an example

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an example, Bd. 3, 28, MS. B; S. 560, note 35

ge-gador-wist

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gador-wist, e; f.

An assembly for feasting ⬩ contubernium

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An assembly for feasting; contubernium, Ælfc. Gl. 93; Som. 75, 87

ge-hæp

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæp, adj.

Fit

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An. 21, 13

Linked entries: -hæp hæplíc

ge-onfenge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-onfenge, adj.

Taken

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Taken Án geonfenge biþ una assumetur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 17, 35

Linked entry: on-fenge

ge-sciran

(v.)

to act as a steward ⬩ vilicare

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to act as a steward; vilicare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 2

scínefrian

(v.)
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to glitter And scínefrian ac micare , Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 33

þeór-wenn

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-wenn, es; m.
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An inflamed wen, a carbuncle(?) Wiþ þeórwenne, Lchdm. ii. 342, 16

Linked entry: wenn

unriht-hǽmend

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmend, es; m.

An adulterer

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An adulterer Þeófum and mánswarum and unrihthǽmendum, Blickl. Homl. 63, 13

Linked entries: hǽmend unriht-hǽmdere

blód-siht

Grammar
blód-siht, e.
Entry preview:

Substitute: blód-sihte, an

beó-móder

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Seó beómóder cosdrus, An. Ox. 258. Beómódra principum (apum), 240. Add

breátan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Transfer the passage to breótan, and see remark at á-breátan

breóst-gird

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-gird, e ; f.

A sceptre

Entry preview:

A sceptre ? Tǽnene breóstgyrde sceptrinae virgae, An. Ox. 3303: 2, 188

Linked entry: gird

dafen-lic

Entry preview:

Substitute for citation Þæslicum, dafnlicum congruis i. oportunis, An. Ox. 1331

deáþbǽr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
deáþbǽr-ness, e; f.
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Deadliness, destructiveness Slítinc, geter, deádbǽrnes dilaceratio, i. mortificatio, An. Ox. 3946

ende-byrdlic

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Endebredlices originalis (misread by glosser as ordinalis?), Rtl. 109, 27. Add

fiþer-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
fiþer-sliht, -sleht, es; m.

Wing-flapping

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Wing-flapping Scyllendre coca fiþerslehte concrepante pullorum plausu, An. Ox. 4892

Linked entry: sliht

cyst-ness

(n.)
Entry preview:

munificence Cystnysse (cysti-, An. Ox. 1183) munificentiam, Hpt. Gl. 434, 50. (?)

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