Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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niþer-bogen

(adj.; part.)

down-bent

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down-bent Tó ðære niþerbogenan ác, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 72, 1

oster-scill

(n.)
Grammar
oster-scill, e; f.
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An oyster-shell Mid ostorscyllum gecnucud and gemenged, Lchdm. i. 338, 16

gongel

(prefix; suffix)
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found in composition as in fæst-gongel, wíd-. v. gangel-, gongel-wæfre

Linked entry: gangel

ge-háwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-háwian, <b>; II.</b>
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Mon ǽr geháwige ðæt se grund fæsð sié, Past. 308, 3. Add

ge-féðe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-féðe, adj.

Lying at the feet ⬩ Contentus ⬩ conscriptus

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Lying at the feet, Gl. Prud. 1046. Contentus, conscriptus, Hpt. Gl. 499

un-scendende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scendende, adj.

Innocent

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Innocent Unscendende ic am innocens ego sum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 24

un-gereord

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gereord, adj.

Not having an intelligible language

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Not having an intelligible language Ungereord barbarus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 22

Linked entry: ge-reord

wurpol

(adj.)
Grammar
wurpol, (-ul); adj.

That throws down

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That throws down Wurpul ster[n]ax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 42

ymb-feng

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-feng, es; m.
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A cover, an envelope Emfencge (librorum) tegmine, operimento, Hpt. Gl. 417, 47

blæc

(n.)
Grammar
blæc, ink.
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black matter Deorces sótes blæc furvae fuliginis atramentum, An. Ox. 4159. Add:

Linked entry: blæcce

ceoslen

(adj.)
Grammar
ceoslen, adj.
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Gravelly, shingly On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An. Ox. 7, 161

cifes-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
cifes-boren, adj.
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Born of a concubine Ortrýwes ciuesdómes, cifesboren perfidi pelicatus, An. Ox. 5042

ear

Grammar
ear, ocean. l. eár
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and add In eáre (me are, MS.), Dan. 324. Cf. eá water

eást-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
eást-þeód, e; f.
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An eastern people Þǽm eástþeódum gewelgode orientis provinciis ditati, Nar. 3, 26

færeld-bóc

(n.)

an itinerary

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an itinerary Síðbóc, fóre bóc, fereld[bóc] itinerarium, Hpt. Gl. 454, 20

fore-locc

(n.)
Grammar
fore-locc, es; m.

A fore-lock

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A fore-lock Foreloccas antiae (frontis ), An. Ox. 7. 375: 8, 378

Linked entries: locc fore-feax

firen-hycga

(n.)
Grammar
firen-hycga, an; m.

an adulterer

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A person of sinful purpose, an adulterer Fyrenhycga aduller, Germ. 389, 24

Linked entry: -hycga

for-wracnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wracnian, p. ode
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To be an exile Þám forwracnedum elþeódigum peregrinis, R. Ben. 82, 2

ge-fúrian

(v.)
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to furrow Gefúrede sulcate, An. Ox. 4323. Cf. ge-fýran, ge-fýrian

ge-hata

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Substitute: A rival, an opponent Gehata emulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 20

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