Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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heald

(n.; adj.)

a hold

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a hold. Hald fermum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71. Add:

healf-sester

(n.)
Grammar
healf-sester, es; m.

A half-sester

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A half-sester Healfsester mine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 1

hlæd-disc

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a dish containing various kinds of fruit. Dele '(?)', and add:

hilting

(n.)

a sword

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a sword Méce, hiltinge macheram, i. gladium, An. Ox. 758

hlæst-scip

(n.)
Grammar
hlæst-scip, es; n.

A merchant-vessel

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A merchant-vessel Hlaestscip honeraria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 46

hunticge

(n.)
Grammar
hunticge, an; f.
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A huntress Huntigystran (hundicgean, v. l. ) uenatrices, Nar. 38, 3

hweól-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-weg, es; m.
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A cart-road On hweogelweg, C. D. iii. 386, 4

hwirfe-pól

(n.)
Grammar
hwirfe-pól, es; m.
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A whirl-pool Hwyrfepólum charybdibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 56

Linked entry: hwyrfe-pól

or-dál

(n.)
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A masculine form ordelas occurs, C. D. ii. 252, 13

palm-twiga

(n.)
Grammar
palm-twiga, (?), an; m.
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A palm-branch Palmtwiga palma, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 312, 9

Linked entry: twiga

-rǽd

(suffix)
Grammar
-rǽd, -rǽde.
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Add: á-, ge-, gelóm-, oft-, twi-, unfæst-, wiþ-rǽd[e]

sescle

(n.)
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a sixth part Sextula sive sescle, Angl. viii. 335, 10

sigele

(n.)
Grammar
sigele, an; f.
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A necklace Gyldene sigelan, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 473, 13

stán-denu

(n.)
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a stony valley In stándene, C. D. iii. 383, 19

vípere

(n.)
Grammar
vípere, an ; f.
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A viper Cynn uíperana genimina uiperarum. Mt. R- 23, 33

wæsc-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wæsc-hús, es; n.
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A washhouse, laundry Wæschús colimbum, lauandariam. Hpt. 31, 13, 323

winnend

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Add: a fighter Winnend agonitheta, preliator, Hpt. 3i, 5a 35-

wudu-mann

(n.)
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a woodman Tó wudemannes túne, C. D. iii. 275, 9

mearc-ísern

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Gemearcod mid deófles mearcíserne, Hml. A. 201, 192, 206. Add

cild-bearn

(n.)
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a child Ǽghwýlc wǽpned cildbearn ( = cild ł bearn), Nap. 12. (?)

Linked entry: bearn

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