Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ræce

Grammar
ræce, ræcu.
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Add: v. fýr-, hláf-ræce (-u)

and-saca

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Borges andsaca (-u?) infictiatio (-tor? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 49. 27. Add

hlyta

Grammar
hlyta, hlytta.
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Hlutan (but y is written over u) sortilegos Txts. 97, 1886. Add

un-wita

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[U]nw[i]t[a]n stolidi, An. Ox. 56, 229. Add

hysp-full

(adj.)
Grammar
hysp-full, adj.
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Scornful Hipsfulre gebisrn[r]u[n]gce ridiculoso ludebrii, An. Ox. II. 180

or-firmþa

(n.)
Grammar
or-firmþa, pl.
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Refuse Orfyrmþa peripsema, An. Ox. 609. Cf. ǽ-firmþa ; or-firme, -firm(u)

Linked entry: -firmþa

screpu

(n.)
Grammar
screpu, (?), e; f.
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A curry-comb Ǽren screop[u ?] strigillus, Txts. 99, 1935. Screope strigillum, 99, 1906

sceþþig

(adj.)
Grammar
sceþþig, scæþþig; adj.
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Hurtful, noxious Scyldig oððe scæððig (sceaþþig, MS. U.) sons, Ælfe. Gr. 9, 29; Zup. 63, 15

luf-rǽden

(adv.)
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L[u]fr[ǽdenne] cartatem An, Ox. 56, 224. [v N. E. D. love-red.]

óþ-rówan

(v.)
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to row off Hié ú ó;þreówon they rowed out and away, Chr. 897 ; Erl. 96, 7

réðen

(adj.)
Grammar
réðen, (?); adj.

Wild

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Wild Ðæt hine gereordode mid ðám réðenum (MS. U. réðum) nýtenum, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 102

predicere

(n.)
Grammar
predicere, es; m.
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One who announces, a preacher Praedico ic bodige oððe foresecge, praedicator prydecere (predicere, MSS. C. U.), Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 276, 1

Linked entry: prydecere

swégend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swégend-líc, adj.
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Vocal, vowel I and u beóþ áwende consonantes, gif beóþ tógædere gesette oððe mid óðrum swégendlícum, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Zup. 6, 15

peru

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Take here pere(-u) in Dict., and add Ðonne þé æpples lyste . . . Gyf þú peran wille, Tech. ii. 124, 19. Manigfeald æppelcyn, peran. Lch. ii. 180, 14

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode

To summoncall

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To summon, call Godes æncgel cwæþ ðæt sceolde ðé him langian [MS. U. gelangian] God's angel said that he was to summon thee to him, Homl. Skt. 10, 122

hilde-wóma

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-wóma, an; m.

The crash and rush of battle.

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The crash and rush of battle. Andr. Kmbl. 436; An. 218: Exon. 75 b; Th. 282,15; Jul. 663: 67 b; Th. 250, 32; Jul. 136. v. Grmm. And. u. El. xxx

Linked entry: wóma

ess

(n.)
Grammar
ess, es; m.
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The letter s Premo ic ofðrycce macað pressi on twám essum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 170, 3. Fissum on twám essum . . . fusum, án s for ðan ðe se u is lang, 178, 5

un-fród

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fród, adj.

not oldnot wiseignorantrude

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not old Ðá wæs gegongen guman(-ū, MS.) unfródum (cf. geongum, 5712; B. 2860) earfoðlíce, ðæt on eorðan geseah ðone leófestan bleátne gebǽran, Beo. Th. 5635; B. 2821. not wise, ignorant, rude

cicen

(n.)
Grammar
cicen, (ciécen?).
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Cycen (cy added in another hand) pullus, Wülck. Gl. 286, 27. Ciacen, Hpt. 33, 241, 64. Cicina (-u, MS.) mete modera, An. Ox. 56, 411. Cicceno (ciken, R.) pullos, Mt. L. 23, 37. Add

eolh

(n.)
Grammar
eolh, eolh; gen. eóles; eóla, elha, an; m.

An elk

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An elk Elh, elch cer(u)us, Txts. 49, 443. Elch tragelafus vel platocerus, 100, 1001. Elha damma, 115, 139. Eóla damma, bestia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105. 73. On elchene seáð, C. D. iii. 440, 28. Substitute: