Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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fioh-bót

(n.)
Grammar
fioh-bót, e; f.

A pecuniary recompence ⬩ nummāria compensātio

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A pecuniary recompence; nummāria compensātio, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 8

geafol-monung

(n.)
Grammar
geafol-monung, e; f
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Sittende to geafol-monunge sedens ad teloneum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 14

ge-ágennud

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ágennud, part. [ágen own]

Adopted ⬩ adoptīvus

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Adopted; adoptīvus Geágennud bearn an adopted child; fīlius adoptīvus, Som. Ben. Lye

ealo

(n.)

ale

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ale, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 17: Bt. 17; Fox 60, 5

mete-swamm

(n.)
Grammar
mete-swamm, es; m.

An edible mushroom

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An edible mushroom Metteswam fungus vel tuber, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 52

niþer-bogen

(adj.; part.)

down-bent

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down-bent Tó ðære niþerbogenan ác, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 72, 1

oster-scill

(n.)
Grammar
oster-scill, e; f.
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An oyster-shell Mid ostorscyllum gecnucud and gemenged, Lchdm. i. 338, 16

gongel

(prefix; suffix)
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found in composition as in fæst-gongel, wíd-. v. gangel-, gongel-wæfre

Linked entry: gangel

borg

(n.)

a surety or pledge

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a surety or pledge, L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 8

ge-féðe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-féðe, adj.

Lying at the feet ⬩ Contentus ⬩ conscriptus

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Lying at the feet, Gl. Prud. 1046. Contentus, conscriptus, Hpt. Gl. 499

un-scendende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scendende, adj.

Innocent

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Innocent Unscendende ic am innocens ego sum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 24

un-gereord

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gereord, adj.

Not having an intelligible language

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Not having an intelligible language Ungereord barbarus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 22

Linked entry: ge-reord

wurpol

(adj.)
Grammar
wurpol, (-ul); adj.

That throws down

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That throws down Wurpul ster[n]ax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 42

ymb-feng

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-feng, es; m.
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A cover, an envelope Emfencge (librorum) tegmine, operimento, Hpt. Gl. 417, 47

blæc

(n.)
Grammar
blæc, ink.
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black matter Deorces sótes blæc furvae fuliginis atramentum, An. Ox. 4159. Add:

Linked entry: blæcce

ceoslen

(adj.)
Grammar
ceoslen, adj.
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Gravelly, shingly On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An. Ox. 7, 161

cifes-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
cifes-boren, adj.
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Born of a concubine Ortrýwes ciuesdómes, cifesboren perfidi pelicatus, An. Ox. 5042

eall-godwebben

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-godwebben, adj.
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All of silk Ealgodwebnum elosericis (l. olo- ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 70

Linked entry: god-webben

eást-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
eást-þeód, e; f.
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An eastern people Þǽm eástþeódum gewelgode orientis provinciis ditati, Nar. 3, 26

eorþ-cyn

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For 'each terrestrial species' substitute 'all that lives on earth,' and add:

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