Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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táxe

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Dele, and see tosca

þénda

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Dele, and see beþian

burg-geat-setl

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Dele: see preceding word

bǽdde

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Dele, and see bǽdan

bær-beáh

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dele, and see bær

bat

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dele, and see batt

lytel-hygdig-

(adj.; prefix)
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lytel-hygdig-, , hýdig; adj.

Small-minded ⬩ pusillanimous

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Small-minded, pusillanimous Mon ðæs lytelhýdig ne ðæs læthýdig no man of mind so small and so sluggish, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 4; Crä. 10

gifol

(adj.)
Grammar
gifol, giful; adj.

Generous ⬩ bountiful ⬩ liberal ⬩ largus

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Generous, bountiful, liberal; largus He swá gifol is and swá rúmedlíce gifþ he is so liberal and gives so abundantly, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 14

riht-wirþe

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-wirþe, adj.
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Fultuma mé þæt ic simle þone rǽd árædige ðe þé lícwyrðe sí, and mé for þám lýfum best and rihtwyrðost sí, Solil. H. 13, 25

BEORN

(n.)
Grammar
BEORN, birn, es; m. [this word is only used by poets].

a man ⬩ vir ⬩ a prince ⬩ nobleman ⬩ chief ⬩ general ⬩ warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ princeps ⬩ vir nobilis ⬩ dux ⬩ miles ⬩ rich ⬩ dives

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Me on beáme beornas sticedon soldiers pierced me on the cross Cd. 224; Th. 297,1; Sat. 510.

láreów

(n.)
Grammar
láreów, es; m.

A teacher ⬩ master ⬩ preacher

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Wæs se Columba se ǽresta láreów ðæs cristenan geleáfan erat Columba primus doctor fidei christianæ, 5, 9; S. 622, 40. Be ðære láre mínes láreówes, Blickl. Homl. 185, 8: Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 6; Cri. 458.

ge-hrínan

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Suá huæd ðǽm gihríned bið quicquid eo tactum fuerit Rtl. 121, 7. to have intercourse with. Cf. wíf-gehrine Sé ðe gihríne;ð portcuoene qui adheret meretrici Rtl. 106, 30

ge-fégan

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Ðá stánas wǽron suá wel gefégede and suá emne gesnidene and gesméðde, ǽr hié mon tó ðǽm stede bróhte ðe hié on standan scoldon, Past. 253, 14

fús

ready ⬩ eager ⬩

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S. 32, 96. of a material object Woruldcandel scán, sigel súðan fús, B. 1966.

hrif-wund

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For passage substitute Gyf mon rifwund (on hrife wund, gewundod v. ll.) bið . . . gif hé ðurhwund bið si quis in ilibus uulneretur . . . si transforatus sit, Ll. Lbmn. 82, 23

ǽr-geblond

(n.)

the sea agitation

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the sea agitation

a-langian

(v.)
Grammar
a-langian, l. á langian,
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and see langian

býrgan

(v.)
Grammar
býrgan, to taste, l. byrgan,
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and see birgan

bryst-man

Grammar
bryst-man, l. brystnian,
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and see brytsnian

bryd

Grammar
bryd, l. brýd,
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and see brygd

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