Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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blæc

(n.)
Grammar
blæc, ink.
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black matter Deorces sótes blæc furvae fuliginis atramentum, An. Ox. 4159. Add:

Linked entry: blæcce

ceoslen

(adj.)
Grammar
ceoslen, adj.
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Gravelly, shingly On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An. Ox. 7, 161

cifes-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
cifes-boren, adj.
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Born of a concubine Ortrýwes ciuesdómes, cifesboren perfidi pelicatus, An. Ox. 5042

eást-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
eást-þeód, e; f.
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An eastern people Þǽm eástþeódum gewelgode orientis provinciis ditati, Nar. 3, 26

færeld-bóc

(n.)

an itinerary

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an itinerary Síðbóc, fóre bóc, fereld[bóc] itinerarium, Hpt. Gl. 454, 20

fore-locc

(n.)
Grammar
fore-locc, es; m.

A fore-lock

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A fore-lock Foreloccas antiae (frontis ), An. Ox. 7. 375: 8, 378

Linked entries: locc fore-feax

firen-hycga

(n.)
Grammar
firen-hycga, an; m.

an adulterer

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A person of sinful purpose, an adulterer Fyrenhycga aduller, Germ. 389, 24

Linked entry: -hycga

ge-fúrian

(v.)
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to furrow Gefúrede sulcate, An. Ox. 4323. Cf. ge-fýran, ge-fýrian

Linked entry: fúrian

ge-hata

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Substitute: A rival, an opponent Gehata emulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 20

hæft-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hæft-lic, adj.
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Captious, sophistical Of hæftlicon loces betýningum captiosis sillogismi conclusionibus, An. Ox. 3208

gutt

(n.)
Grammar
gutt, es; m.
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A gut, an entrail Guttas, innoðas receptacula (viscerum), Hpt. Gl. 408, 52

gylian

(v.)
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Add:(?) Gyli[ende] garrula, gylien[de] garruli, An. Ox. 56, 142, 138

hǽlnes

Grammar
hǽlnes, <b>; I.</b>
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Add:after ' salvation, ' 1. 2 : nuuc dies salutis, and at end: cf. halignes

helle-grut

(n.)
Grammar
helle-grut, helle-grutt, es; m. or n.
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An. Ox. 689. Substitute:

mearuw-ness

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Mearunesse teneritudine, i. tenerum, fragile, molle, flexum, flexibile, An. Ox. 1492. Add

ó-heald

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Óhelde conuexa (in coelis conuexa cacumina cernam), An. Ox. 24, 2. Add

on-éhting

(n.)
Grammar
on-éhting, e ; f.
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Persecution Yrmþa onéhtinga forbær calamitatum insectationes (i. persecutiones) perferebat, An. Ox. 2974

Linked entry: éhting

síden

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Of ealseolcenum, sídenum olosericis, An. Ox. 3161. Godewebbum, sídenum bombicinis, 3162. Add

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, a turn.
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Stemnum gewrixlum alternis uicibus, An. Ox. 3001. Gewrixlicum stempnum, 2, 136. Add

swápan

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Add: — Swǽpð verrat, i. trahat, An. Ox. 46, 31. v. ge*-*swápan

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