Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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BLÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓT, es; n.

A sacrifice ⬩ sacrificium

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A sacrifice; sacrificium He ealle ða cuman to blóte gedyde he gave all the strangers for a sacrifice, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 4. On blóte by sacrifice, L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21

Linked entry: blótung

boém

(n.; num.)

to both

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to both, Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 22; for bám; dat. of begen

bold

Grammar
bold, <b>. I.</b>
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Se biseeop sceal habban þá preóstas on his ágenum bo[l]de ( domo ), Chrd. 44, 35. Add

cyric

(n.)
Grammar
cyric, a church. v. in the compounds cyric-ǽwe, -belle, -bóc, -bót, -bryce, -burh, -dór, -friþ, -fultum, -georn, -geriht, -griþ, etc.

Linked entry: cyric-ǽwe

dǽd-bótnys

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bótnys, dǽd-bót-nyss,e e; f.

Penitence ⬩ pœnitentia

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Penitence; pœnitentia, Scint. 9

blót

(n.)
Grammar
blót, = blód

blood ⬩ sanguis

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blood; sanguis

bócon

(v.)

baked ⬩ coxerunt

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baked; coxerunt, Ex. 12, 39; p. pl. of bacan

blec

(adj.)

Similar entry: blæc

boda

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Bodana preceptorum, Rtl. 95, 35 : 97, 8. Add

bodu

Similar entry: þunor-bodu

blec

Grammar
blec, blæc. l.
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bléc

boda

Similar entry: fore-boda

bóþ

boasts

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boasts He bóþ he boasts, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 9; Mód. 28; pres. of bón

býge

(n.)
Grammar
býge, bíge, es; m. [býgan to bow]
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A bowing, bending, turning, a corner, an angle, a bay, bosom, the apex of a helmet; flexus, ancon, angulus, sinus, conus Ðá gestóp he to ánes wealles býge then he stepped to a bend of a wall, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 23: Num. 22, 26.

Linked entry: bíge

BÓSUM

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSUM, bósm, es; m.

The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts ⬩ sinus, gremium, pectus, interna ⬩ sinus

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Ðú ðínre módor bósm sylfa gesóhtes thou thyself soughtest thy mother's bosom, Exon. 121 b; Th. 465, 27; Hö. 110. Ðú wuldres þrym bósme gebǽre thou barest the majesty of glory [Christ] in thy breast, 9 a; Th. 6, 14; Cri. 84

blác

(v.; part.)

shone

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shone, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 4; Gú. 1305; p. of blícan

blon

(v.; part.)
Grammar
blon, blonn

ceased ⬩ cessavit

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ceased; cessavit, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 15: 3, 20; S. 550, note 27; p. of blinnan

bócod

booked, chartered

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booked, chartered

blac

(adj.)

Similar entry: blæc

blód

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Deád blód cruor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 57. Heó sǽde ꝥ hire blód forlǽten wǽre on earme, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 2. Swíðe unwíslíce gé dydon, þæt gé sceoldon on feówernihtne mónan blód lǽtan, Sch. 564, 6: Lch. iii. 184, 11. Ǽr him mon blód lǽte, þám þe fela blódes

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