Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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here-folc

(n.)
Grammar
here-folc, es; n.

People forming an army,

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People forming an army, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 40; Jud. 234

hete-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
hete-róf, adj.

Active in hate or hostility ⬩ hostile

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Kmbl. 2839; An 1422

líf-neru

(n.)
Grammar
líf-neru, e; f.

food

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Kmbl. 2180; An. 1091

mechanisc

(adj.)
Grammar
mechanisc, adj.

Mechanical

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Mechanical Án wurplíc weorc on mechanisc geweorc, Homl. Skt. 5, 251

mis-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
mis-weorc, es; n.

An evil deed

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An evil deed Miswerc mala opera, Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 19

níd-behóf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behóf, adj.

Necessary ⬩ needful

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Necessary, needful Án þing is nýdbehóf, Homl. Th. ii. 440, 9

Linked entries: níd-behéfe be-hóf

niht-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
niht-bealu, wes; n.

Bale or hurt that comes at night

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Bale or hurt that comes at night, Beo. 389; B. 193

ó-wérn

(adv.)
Grammar
ó-wérn, adv.
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An. 102, 16. (Smith's Bede, 595, 3, has ówhwǽr.)

scírness

(n.)
Grammar
scírness, e; f.
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An explanation, declaration (?) Scírnis ypoteseo bassio, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 73

be-tolden

(v.; part.)

surrounded

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Kmbl. 1976; An. 990; Similar entries pp. of beteldan

bigsen

(n.)

an example

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an example, Bd. 3, 28, MS. B; S. 560, note 35

ge-gador-wist

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gador-wist, e; f.

An assembly for feasting ⬩ contubernium

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An assembly for feasting; contubernium, Ælfc. Gl. 93; Som. 75, 87

ge-hæp

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæp, adj.

Fit

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An. 21, 13

Linked entries: -hæp hæplíc

ge-onfenge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-onfenge, adj.

Taken

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Taken Án geonfenge biþ una assumetur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 17, 35

Linked entry: on-fenge

þeór-wenn

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-wenn, es; m.
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An inflamed wen, a carbuncle(?) Wiþ þeórwenne, Lchdm. ii. 342, 16

Linked entry: wenn

unriht-hǽmend

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmend, es; m.

An adulterer

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An adulterer Þeófum and mánswarum and unrihthǽmendum, Blickl. Homl. 63, 13

Linked entries: hǽmend unriht-hǽmdere

blód-siht

Grammar
blód-siht, e.
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Substitute: blód-sihte, an

beó-móder

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Seó beómóder cosdrus, An. Ox. 258. Beómódra principum (apum), 240. Add

breátan

(v.)
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Transfer the passage to breótan, and see remark at á-breátan

breóst-gird

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-gird, e ; f.

A sceptre

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A sceptre ? Tǽnene breóstgyrde sceptrinae virgae, An. Ox. 3303: 2, 188

Linked entry: gird

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