Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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-enne

(suffix)
Grammar
-enne, the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, — To farenne

to go

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Bos. 8, 21

eornust

(n.; adj.)

earnest, earnestness

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Bos. 13, 17

fǽmn-hád

(n.)

virginity ⬩ virgĭnĭtas

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Bos. 2, 36

for-corfen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-corfen, pp. of for-ceorfan.

cut down

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Bos. 3, 10;

fóre-sǽde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fóre-sǽde, p. of fóre-secgan.

foretold ⬩ predicted

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Bos. 24, 25;

fuhlas

(n.)
Grammar
fuhlas, = fuglas; pl. nom. acc. of fugel.

birds ⬩ fowls

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Bos. 13, 32

ge-beden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-beden, pp. of ge-biddan.

demanded ⬩ intreated

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Bos. 1, 63;

ge-bolgen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bolgen, pp. of ge-belgan.

offended ⬩ angry

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Bos. 2, 16;

búgende

(v.; adj.)

bowing, kneeling ⬩ to bow down

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Bos. 1. 7

fiscere

(n.)
Grammar
fiscere, es; m.

A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo

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Bos. 4, 18: Mk. Bos. 1, 16. Ðæra Terfinna land wæs eall wéste, bútan ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oððe fisceras, oððe fugeleras the land of the Terfinns was all waste, save where the hunters, fishers or fowlers encamped, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 9.

a-léd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-léd, pp. of a-lecgan.

put ⬩ laid

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Bos. 2, 16;

bysmerung

(n.)
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Bos. 3, 28

be-gytan

(v.)

to obtain

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Bos. 5, 7

deóful

(n.)

the devil

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Bos. 13, 19

díhlum

in secret

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Bos. 6, 6

fefor

(n.)

a fever

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Bos. 8, 15

fór-arn

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fór-arn, p. of fór-yrnan.

ran before

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Bos. 20, 4;

for-scruncon

(v.)
Grammar
for-scruncon, p. pl. of for-scrincan.

dried up

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Bos. 13, 6;

for-sworcen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-sworcen, pp. of for-sweorcan.

darkened ⬩ obscured

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Bos. 24, 29;

be-scirian

(v.)

to deprive

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Bos. 16, 4

Linked entry: be-sciered

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