Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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þearm-gyrd

(n.)
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[Cf. O. H. Ger. darm-gurtil cingula.] Cf. forþ-gyrd

eáwisc-nesse

(n.)
Grammar
eáwisc-nesse, ǽwisc-nesse
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(cf. in propatulo, in manifesto (Ald. 21, 7), 77, 62): 46, 57. Cf. eáwisc-lic, eáwisc-líce, eáwunga

beo-háta

(n.)
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Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27

Linked entry: beo-háta

ciric-stíg

Grammar
ciric-stíg, v. cyric-stíg in
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., and cf. ciric-pæþ

ge-dyrst

Grammar
ge-dyrst, l.
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Cf. ge-deorfan

land-feoh

(n.)
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Cf. wudu-feoh

mod-þryðu

Grammar
mod-þryðu, l. þrýþ,
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and add: cf. hyge-þrýþ

mylma

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Add: [cf. (?) Goth. milhma cloud]

port-strǽt

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Add: Cf. port-herpaþ, -weg

ság

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, cf. sígan

seolfor-hilt

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Cf. fealo-hilte

earfoþ-hilde

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Cf. íþ-hilde

burg-geréfa

Grammar
burg-geréfa, (burh-).
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Þá frægn se burhgeréfa (cf. Rómeburge geréfa, 28) hyne, Shrn. 96, 30. Se burhgeréfa (cf. ðǽre burge geréfa, 12), 120, 14. Ðæs burhgeréfan (cf. Rómeburge geréfa, 6) sunu ( praefecti filius, Ald. 60, 5), 56, 10: Hml. S. 23, 770.

for-grindan

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commolit; for the inflexion -et, cf. menget confundit, 11. Or(?) the -et might be a noun suffix, cf. onǽlet: or(?) for-grind (cf. ge-grind) might be taken), 105, 9. Forgrundenum commolitis, 132, 6. ¶ with dat.: Ic forgrand gramum, B. 424.

Linked entry: for-grind

hell-waran

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Add: Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 1. Þú átuge fram helwarum (ah inferno) sáwle míne, Ps Spl. 29, 3. Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 2. Se hellwarana cyning, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 6. Similar entries Cf. hell; II.

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, a troop.
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Beorg ymbstódan hwearfum wrǽcmæcgas (cf. thin menigí stód aftar themu hoƀe hwarbón, Hél. 5180), Gú. 234. [He þer wærf makede he made an assembly there (cf. oƀarmódie man ( the chief priests and Pharisees, v.

for-warþ

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-warþ, = for-wearþ; p. of forweorþan.

perished

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Cd. 213; Jun. 92, 2

neap

(n.)

a cup

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a cup, Lchdm. i. 374, 23

cíp-strǽt

Grammar
cíp-strǽt, v. cýp-strǽt
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., and cf. ceáp-strǽt

drype

(v.; part.)
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Add: Cf. dropen, pp. of drepan

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