Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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gælþ

(v.)
Grammar
gælþ, ðú gælst

sings

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sings, thou singest;

fore-meahtiglic

(adj.)
Grammar
fore-meahtiglic, (-miht-); adj.

strenuous

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, þá stra[n]gan ł foremihti[gan? or -glice?]), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 60

Linked entries: fore-meahtig fore-mihtiglíce

gæst-hús

Grammar
gæst-hús, gast-, gest-, gyst-hús, es; n.

A guest-house ⬩ guest-chamber ⬩ hospĭtium

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A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium Gæst-hus hospĭtium, Wrt. Voc. 86, 44

Linked entry: gist-

-an

(suffix)
Grammar
-an, -anne, v. -anne, in alphabetical order, and TO; prep.
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The termination of most Anglo-Saxon verbs is in -an; but -án is found, which seems to be contracted from aa, agan, ahan, as, — gán to go, from gaan: smeán to consider, from smeagan: sleán to slay, from sleahan, etc.

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on
  • p. 48 of O. E. T.
nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the
  • Corpus Gloss.
has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec,
  • 2152
, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun,
  • Erf. 75
; gy-byrdid,
  • Ep. 228.
In the
  • Durham Ritual
the regular form is gi-.
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Add:

fixoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fixoþ, es; m?

A fishing ⬩ piscātus

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A fishing; piscātus Ic wylle gán on fixoþ vādo piscāri, Jn. Bos. 21, 3

un-sidu

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Add: indecorum Mid unsidu ( inhoneste ) on cyrcan gán, Chrd. 32, 33. See preceding word

prút-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
prút-lic, adj.
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Swelling with pride, haughty Gán mid prútlicre stæppincge tumido gestu incedere, Chrd. 77, 2

fýr-hús

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Siððan hí of beóderne gán drincan innan heora fýrhúse ( in caminata ), Chrd. 45, 6. Add

bi-eóde

(v.; part.)

venerated

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venerated, Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 3; Jul. 208; Similar entries p. of bi-gán

bi-gǽþ

commits

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commits, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 18; Cri. 1308; Similar entries pres. of bi-gán

will-flód

(n.)
Grammar
will-flód, es; n. m.

The waters of the deluge

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The waters of the deluge Willflód ongan lytli-gan, Cd. Th. 85, lo; Gen. 1412

distæf

(n.)
Grammar
distæf, es; m. [dis = Gael. dos a bush, tuft; stæf a staff]
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A DISTAFF; colus Distæf colus, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 15; Wrt. Voc. 26, 14: 82, 9

feligean

(v.)
Grammar
feligean, p. de; pp. ed

To follow ⬩ sĕqui

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To follow; sĕqui Uton gán and feligean fremdum godum eămus et sĕquāmur deos aliēnos, Deut. 13, 2

scógan

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Gán hí tó sceógienne eant ad calciandum, 413, 682. Add

un-gewidere

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Hé ne mihte ná gán út of þám húse for þám ungewydere, Gr. D. 168, 14. Cf. mis-gewidere. Add

glíwing-mann

(n.)
Grammar
glíwing-mann, es; m.
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A 'gay' woman(?) Gliwingmanna ganearum (ganea meretrix, Migne: but perhaps ganeonum should be read), cauponum, tabernariorum, An. Ox. 50, 9

ealdor-gewinna

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-gewinna, an; m. Vital adversary; adversārius qui vitæ insĭdiātur, Beo. Th. 5799; B. 2903: Exon. 40b; Th. 134, 10; Gá. 505.

scyldan

(v.)
Grammar
scyldan, scyldian
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to charge, accuse Hý gán xii. sume and gescyldigen (gescylden, other MS. ) hine, L. Ath. i. 11; Th. i. 206, 3

be-hæpsian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hæpsian, p. ode
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To fasten with a bolt, bolt a door Hé hét hí gán út and behæpsode þá duru, Hml. S. 31, 214

Linked entry: hæpsian

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