Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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a-nídan

(v.)
Grammar
a-nídan, p. -nídde; pp. -níded , pl. -nídde = nídede

To force

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To force, Chr. 823; Th. 110, 33 col. 1

a-tihtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-tihtan, p. -tihte; pp. -tihted, -tiht

To attract ⬩ incite

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To attract, incite, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 3

Bebba-burh

(n.)

Bamborough

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Bamborough, Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40 : 362, 1

be-treppan

(v.)
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to entrap, Chr. 992; Th. 238, 40, col. 1

Linked entry: be-treppan

burh-waru-man

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru-man, -mann, es; m.
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A citizen; civis, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 12

crysma

(n.)

chrism

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chrism L. Ecg. C. 36; Th. ii. 162, 1

cwilman

(v.)

to torture, kill

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to torture, kill Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 25

Linked entry: cwilmian

efen-háda-bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
efen-háda-bisceop, es; m.

A co-bishop ⬩ co-episcŏpus

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A co-bishop; co-episcŏpus, Greg. Dial. 1. 5

for-mengan

(v.)
Grammar
for-mengan, p. de; pp. ed

To join together ⬩ mingle ⬩ conjungĕre

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To join together, mingle; conjungĕre,Past. 21, 1? Lye

for-scáden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-scáden, pp. of for-scádan.

scattered

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scattered, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 1; Gú. 449;

for-swilt

(v.)
Grammar
for-swilt, 3rd sing. pres. of for-sweltan.

dies

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dies, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 11. note 17;

ge-mencgednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mencgednys, -nyss
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a mingling together, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 29

eall-reord

(adj.)

foreign speaking, barbarous

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foreign speaking, barbarous, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 32

heáh-sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sceáwere, es; m.
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A chief overlooker, overseer Héhsceáware pontifex, Rtl. 21, 1

hreówian

(v.)

to repent

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to repent Hreówigas pœnitemini, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 15

mare

(n.)
Grammar
mare, an; f.

Silverweed

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Silverweed,L. M. 1, 37; Lchdm. ii. 74, 9

ge-spón

(v.)
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allured, incited, Chr. 905; Th. 182, 7, col. 1

seón

(v.)
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to be See esse , Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 11

Linked entries: see seohhe ge-seón seohhian be-seón

un-ǽwisc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ǽwisc, adj.

Modest ⬩ bashful

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Modest, bashful Unéwisc pudicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 1

Linked entries: ǽwisc un-éwisc

un-gedafenlícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gedafenlícness, e; f.

Inconvenience

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Inconvenience Ungedafenlícnyssum inopportunitatibus, Ps. Spl. C. second 9, 1

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