Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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heáh-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-hliþ, es; n.

A high hill

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A high hill, Cd. 71; Th. 86, 31; Gen. 1439

healf-penig-wurþ

(n.)
Grammar
healf-penig-wurþ, es; n.

A halfpennyworth

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A halfpennyworth, L. C. E. 12; Th. i. 366, 32

heal-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
heal-wudu, a; m.

The woodwork of a hall

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The woodwork of a hall, Beo. Th. 2639; B. 1317

Linked entry: heall-wudu

brémbel

(n.)

a bramble,

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a bramble, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 23

windwig-sife

(n.)
Grammar
windwig-sife, es; n.

A winnowing-sieve

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A winnowing-sieve Windwigsyfe ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 44

wín-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
wín-leáf, es; n.

A vine-leaf

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A vine-leaf Wínleáf pampinus, Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 73

wín-sester

(n.)
Grammar
wín-sester, es; m.

A wine-can

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A wine-can Wínsester cantarus, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 37

Linked entry: sester

wín-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
wín-wyrcend, es; m.

A vine-dresser

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A vine-dresser Uínwirccendum vinitoribus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 19, 3

Linked entry: wyrcan

wíg-bora

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bora, an; m.

A belligerent

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A belligerent Wígbora belliger, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 16

Linked entries: wíc-bora wió-bora

wild-gós

(n.)
Grammar
wild-gós, e; f.

A wild goose

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A wild goose Wildgoos gente Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 60

hors-camb

(n.)
Grammar
hors-camb, es; m.

A horse-comb, curry-comb; ⬩ strigilis,

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A horse-comb, curry-comb; strigilis, Wrt. Voc. 83, 34

Linked entry: camb

ofer-segl

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-segl, es; m.

A top-sail

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A top-sail Oversegl artemon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 76

Linked entry: segl

cneórys

(n.)

a generation

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a generation Lk. Bos. 11, 29, 31, 32; 17, 25

on-mitta

(n.)
Grammar
on-mitta, an; m.

A measure ⬩ exagium

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A measure; exagium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 49: 144, 45

Linked entry: an-mitta

slip-ræsn

(n.)

a sliding beam

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a sliding beam (?) Slypræsn ferna Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 75

Linked entries: ræsn slyp-ræsn

ge-þyht

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þyht, adj.

Good ⬩ advantageous

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Good, advantageous, Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 25; Reim. 18

holm-weg

(n.)
Grammar
holm-weg, es; m.

A way over the sea

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A way over the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 764; An. 382

tóþ-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ-sticca, an; m.

A tooth-pick

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A tooth-pick Tóþsticca dentile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 68

Linked entry: tóþ-gár

swelgness

(n.)
Grammar
swelgness, e; f.

A whirlpool, gulf

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A whirlpool, gulf Swelgnessum carybdibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 11

Linked entry: swelgendness

stæf-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-sweord, es; n.

A sword-stick ⬩ framea

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A sword-stick Stæfsweord dolones, Wrt. Voc. i. 35. 55

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