Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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cime

(n.)
Grammar
cime, es; m.

A coming

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A coming, Cd. 29; Th. 39, 1; Gen. 618

cyric-weard

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-weard, cyric-wyrd

a churchwarden

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a churchwarden, Chr. 1044; Th. 300, 26, col. 1

Linked entries: cyrce weard circe-weard

cwíð-nes

(n.)
Grammar
cwíð-nes, cwíð-ness,e; f.

A wailing, lamentation ⬩ lamentum

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A wailing, lamentation ; lamentum Greg. Dial. 3. 15, 37

cúþ-noma

(n.)
Grammar
cúþ-noma, an; m.

A surname ⬩ cognomen

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A surname; cognomen. Mt. Kmbl. Præf. p. 8, 13

cwéming

(n.)
Grammar
cwéming, e; f.

A pleasing, satisfying ⬩ placentia, satisfactio

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A pleasing, satisfying ; placentia, satisfactio Greg. Dial. 4, 28

cummáse

(n.)

a coal-titmouse, coal-tit

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a coal-titmouse, coal-tit Wrt. Voc. 281, 10

dreámere

(n.)
Grammar
dreámere, es; m.

A musician ⬩ musĭcus

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A musician; musĭcus, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 31

dróf-man

(n.)
Grammar
dróf-man, -mann, es ; m.

A drove-man, cattle-keeper ⬩ bŭbulcus

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A drove-man, cattle-keeper; bŭbulcus, Som. Ben. Lye

efen-hérenis

(n.)
Grammar
efen-hérenis, -niss, e; f.

A praising together ⬩ collaudātio

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A praising together; collaudātio. Ps. Spl. C. 32, 1

efesung

(n.)
Grammar
efesung, e; f.

A polling, rounding, shearing, compassing ⬩ tonsūra

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A polling, rounding, shearing, compassing; tonsūra, Som. Ben. Lye

egor

(n.)
Grammar
egor, nine ounces or

inches, a span ⬩ dodrans

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inches, a span; dodrans, Cot. 64, Som. Ben. Lye

eofet

(n.)

a debt

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a debt, L. Alf. pol. 22; Wilk. 39, 35

fæcele

(n.)
Grammar
fæcele, an; f.

A torch ⬩ fax

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A torch; fax Fæcele stánes fax scŏpŭli, Cot. 169

Linked entries: þæcele fecele

feald

(n.)
Grammar
feald, es; n.

A fold, inclosure, field ⬩ septum, ăger

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A fold, inclosure, field; septum, ăger, Som. Ben. Lye

feoh-ern

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-ern, es; n.

A money-place ⬩ treasury ⬩ gazophylacium ⬩ γαζoφυλακιoξ

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A money-place, treasury; gazophylacium = γαζoφυλακιoξ, Som. Ben. Lye

feorh-bona

(n.)

a life-destroyer ⬩ murderer

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a life-destroyer, murderer, Beo. Th. 4921; B. 2465

ferh-cwæle

(n.)
Grammar
ferh-cwæle, [ = -cwalu?]

A murrain of hogs ⬩ lues porcīna

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A murrain of hogs; lues porcīna, Som. Ben. Lye

findele

(n.)
Grammar
findele, an; f? es; n?

An invention ⬩ a device ⬩ adinventio ⬩ inventum

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An invention, a device; adinventio, inventum, Som. Ben. Lye

flís

(n.)

a fleece ⬩ vellus

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a fleece; vellus, Wrt. Voc. 66, 30: 282, 13

Linked entry: flýs

fracuþ

(adj.)

vile

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Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 23; Az. 24

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