Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, salt; adj.
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Salt, of that which is naturally salt For hwam wæs seó sealt geworden? Moises áwearp ða .x. word in ða , and his teáras ágeát in ða ; for ðam wearð seó sealt, Salm. Kmbl. 188, 15-19. Sealt wæter the sea, Ps. Th. 68, 2: Cd.

ymb-lyt

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Hé gesette sunnan and mónan, stánas and eorðan, streám út on , wæter and wolcen ðurh his wundra miht, deópne ymblyt (ybmlyt, MS.) dene (clene, MS.) ymbhaldeþ Meotod on mihtum, Cd. Th. 265, 13 ; Sat. 7

bútun

(con.)
Grammar
bútun, unless, save; nisi, Mt. Bos. 11, 27: 12, 4. v. bútan; conj.

sweord-wegende

(adj.)
Grammar
sweord-wegende, sword-bearing:?-Swurdwege[n]de anbidian gehende saca mǽste getácnaþ (in a dream)
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to await men carrying swords betokens strifes at hand and very great ones, Lchdm. iii. 204, 28

winter-cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
winter-cearig, adj.

Sad from age or from the gloom of winter

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Sad from age or from the gloom of winter Ic heán wód wintercearig (sad with the load of years(?), cf. Gemon hé hú hine on geóguðe his goldwine wenede tó wiste, 288, 22; Wand. 35 or depressed by gloomy winter (?), cf.

ful-oft

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-oft, full-oft; adv.

Full oftvery oftensæpissĭme

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Th. 964; 8. 480: Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 16; Seef. 24: Cd. 216; Th. 274, 11; Sat. 152: Salm. Kmbl. 695; Sal. 347

Linked entries: oft full-oft

lippa

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

A lip

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Wið lippe sár. Eft sóna ðes lǽcedóm sceal ðan manne ða hyra lippa beóþ sáre oððe hyra tunga ... smire mid ða lippa, Lchdm. iii. 100, 15-21

a-seón

(v.)
Grammar
a-seón, ic -seó, ðú -síhest, -síhst, he -síheþ, -síhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. -sáh, pl. -sigon, -sihon; impert. -seóh; pp. -sigen, -sihen [a from, out; seón, síhan to strain]

To strain outpercolare

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To strain out; percolare Aseóh ðone drenc, and dó ðonne mele fulne buteran strain out the drink, and then add [do] a basin full of butter, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 16

fyrwit

(n.)

curiosity

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curiosity, Salm. Kmbl. 117; Sal. 58

líf-getwinnan

(n.)
Grammar
líf-getwinnan, pl. m.

Twins

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Twins, Salm. Kmbl. 284; Sal. 141

Linked entry: ge-twin

lann

(n.)
Grammar
lann, loon, e; f.

A bondfetter

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A bond, fetter Licgeþ lonnum fæst lies fast in fetters, Salm. Kmbl. 531; Sal. 265. Fæste gebindan, lonnum belúcan, 557; Sal. 278

gaf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gaf, p. of gifan.

gave

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gave, Salm. Kmbl. 114, note; Sal. 56;

ge-bryceþ

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bryceþ, 3rd sing. pres. of ge-brecan.

breaksdestroys

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breaks, destroys, Salm. Kmbl. 613; Sal. 306;

brémra

(adj.)
Grammar
brémra, comp. of bréme.

more illustrious

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more illustrious, Salm. Kmbl. 366; Sal. 182;

gillan

(v.)

to yell

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to yell, Salm. Kmbl. 535; Sal. 267

Nebrond

(n.)
Grammar
Nebrond, es; m.

Nimrod

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Nimrod Freónd Nebrondes, Salm. Kmbl. 426; Sal. 213

ceald

(n.)
Grammar
ceald, cald, es; n.

Cold, coldnessfrigus

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Hý beóþ cealde geclnngene they are shrivelled with cold, Salm. Kmbl. 609; Sal. 304. Calde geþrungen wǽron míne fét my feet were pierced with cold, Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 16; Seef. 8

sorh-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-líc, adj.

Sorrowfulcausing sorrowgrievoussorrymiserable

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Ðonne biþ sorhlíc sár and earmlíc gedál líces and sáwle, 187, 14. Ðonne wyrð ehtnes grimlíc and sorhlíc there shall be persecution cruel and grievous, 89, 16. Stingaþ hine mid sorhlícum sáre on his heortan, 141, 9.

mód-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-gleáw, adj.

Wise of mind

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Salm. Kmbl. 361; Sal. 180

óþ-glídan

(v.)
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to glide away, Salm. Kmbl. 804; Sal. 401