Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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bearowe

(n.)

in a wood

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in a wood, Menol. Fox. 496; Gn. C. 18

cése

(n.)

a cheese

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In. 70; Th. i. 146, 19

Fróm

(n.)
Grammar
Fróm, e; f.

FROME ⬩ flŭvii nōmen in agro Dorsetensi

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FROME; flŭvii nōmen in agro Dorsetensi, Som. Ben. Lye

leoþu-rún

(n.)
Grammar
leoþu-rún, e; f.
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Counsel conveyed in verse, Elen. Kmbl. 1042; El. 522

ge-wascan

(v.)
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In l. 3 for hræglhús, gewoxene l. hræglhúse, gewaxene

innan

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Add:, ingan. v. innan-burhware, and ing under inn

bóc-ung

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-ung, e; f.

A BOOKING, a setting down in a book ⬩ inscriptio

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A BOOKING, a setting down in a book; inscriptio

ge-endebredian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endebredian, p. ade; pp. ad

To set in order

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To set in order, Rtl. 69. 4 : 109, 4

twi-

(prefix)
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in composition with force of two. v. following words

Linked entries: tweo- twig- twy- sehtness -snæcce sprecan bleoh -fingre -hlidede -fýrede

ge-hæplicness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hæplicness, e; f.
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Fitness, opportunity On geheplicnissum in oportunitatibus, Txts. 122, 6

Linked entry: -hæplicness

ge-nyhtsuming

(n.)
Grammar
ge-nyhtsuming, ge-nyhtsumung, e; f.
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Abundance On genihðsumunge in habundantia, Ps. Rdr. 77, 25

Linked entry: -nyhtsuming

grist-bite

(n.)
Grammar
grist-bite, es; m.
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Gnashing of teeth In tóða gristbitum, Wlfst. 188, 5

Linked entries: bíte -bitian

pullian

(v.)
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In 1. 2 for sper[n]don. l. sperdon

riht-hǽmed

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In l. 2 after ryhthǽmede add (-hǽmde, v. l. )

sæl

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Dele 'Icel. salr a hall' in bracket, and add:

trem

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In l. 5 for viii. l. xiii., and add:

heáh-græft

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-græft, adj.

Carved in bas-relief

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Carved in bas-relief Heáhgræfte anaglypha, Cot. 7, Lye

Linked entry: græft

heals-ome

(n.)
Grammar
heals-ome, an; f.

A humour in the neck

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A humour in the neck, Lchdm. iii. 4, 26

-hleór

(suffix)
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suffix in adjectives blác-, dreórig-, fæted-, swátig-, teárig-hleór

eald

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Th. ii. 258, 26. On ealdum dagum, II.

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