Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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æ-hiwnes

(n.)
Grammar
æ-hiwnes, -ness, e; f.

Paleness ⬩ gloom ⬩ pallor ⬩ deficientia coloris

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Paleness, gloom; pallor, deficientia coloris Wið æblǽcnysse and æhiwnesse ðæs líchoman for paleness and discoloration of the body, Herb. 164; Lchdm. i. 294, 3

ǽ-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽ-hwǽr, adv.

Everywhere ⬩ ubique

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Everywhere; ubique.Ps. Th. 88, 31

ǽ-lá

O!

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Ælá Drihten O Lord, Hy. 1, 1

Linked entry: ǽ

ǽ-lǽrende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽrende, part.

Teaching the law ⬩ legem docens

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Teaching the law; legem docens Siððan him nǽnig wæs ǽlǽrendra óðer betera since there was none other of those teaching the law better than he. Elen. Kmbl. 1009; El. 506

æ-lǽten

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æ-lǽten, = a-lǽten; pp. of a-lǽtan.

divorced

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divorced,L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 23

Linked entry: -lǽte

æ-leng

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-leng, adj.

Long ⬩ protracted ⬩ lengthy ⬩ troublesome ⬩ longus ⬩ molestus

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Long, protracted, lengthy, troublesome; longus, molestus Me þincþ ðæt ðé þincen tó ǽlenge ðás langan spell methinks that these long discourses appear to thee too lengthy. Bt. 39,4; Fox 218, 6

ǽ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-líc, adj.

Belonging to law ⬩ lawful ⬩ legalis ⬩ legitimus

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Belonging to law, lawful; legalis, legitimus,Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 495, 29. Tyn ǽlícan word the ten commandments Som

Linked entry: ǽw-líc

æl-mǽst

(adv.)
Grammar
æl-mǽst, adv.

Almost ⬩ fere

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Almost; fere, Chr. 1091; Th. 359,12

Æl-mehtig

(adj.)

Almighty

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Almighty, Hy. 8,14

Æl-miht

(adj.)
Grammar
Æl-miht, adj.

Almighty ⬩ omnipotens

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Almighty; omnipotens Wiston Drihten ælmihtne they knew the Almighty Lord, Cd. 182 ; Th. 228, 1, note a: Dan. 195

Linked entry: meaht

æl-þiódig

(adj.)

foreign

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foreign, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 17

ǽr-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-ádl, e; f.

Early-disease ⬩ præmaturus morbus

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Early-disease; præmaturus morbus Ðá ǽrádl nímeþ when early disease takes them, Exon. 89a; Th. 335, 10; Gn. Ex. 31

æ-réfnan

(v.)

to bear

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to bear, Ps. Spl. T. 24, 5

æ-swind

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-swind, adj.

Idle ⬩ iners

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Idle; iners, Cot. 108

ág-hwǽr

(adv.)

everywhere ⬩ ubique

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everywhere; ubique,Lye

æ-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
æ-teorian, p. ode; pp. od

To fail ⬩ be wanting ⬩ deficere

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To fail, be wanting; deficere Æteorode se heofonlíca mete the heavenly food [manna] failed, Jos. 5, 12

æ-þrýt

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-þrýt, adj.

Troublesome ⬩ tedious ⬩ molestus

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Troublesome, tedious; molestus, Equin. vern. 38

æ-þrýtnes

(n.)
Grammar
æ-þrýtnes, -ness, e; f.

Trouble ⬩ molestia

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Trouble; molestia, Lye

an-bærnys

(n.)
Grammar
an-bærnys, on-bærnys, -nyss, e; f. [v. on-bærning, in-bærnis]

Incense ⬩ frankincense ⬩ incensum

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Incense, frankincense; incensum, thus Sý gereht gebéd mín swá swá anbærnys dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum, Ps. Spl. 140, 2

an-bestingan

(v.)
Grammar
an-bestingan, p. -bestang, pl. -bestungon; pp. -bestungen

To thrust in ⬩ immittere ⬩ intromittere

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To thrust in; immittere, intromittere Ða anbestungne [Cot. MS. anbestungnan] saglas intromissi [scil. circulis] vectes, Past. 22, 1; Hat. MS. 33a, 22

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