Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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eádeg

(adj.)
Grammar
eádeg, happy.
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Cd. 72; Th. 89, 6; Gen. 1476

gímran

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Cf. grymettan; I. first passage

þræc-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
þræc-róf, adj.
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Valiant, Cd. Th. 122, 22; Gen. 2030

æt-clíðende

(adj.)
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Cf. cliða

bén-feorm

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Cf. winter-feorm

eáþ-fynde

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Cf. earfoþ-fynde

for-cippian

(v.)
Grammar
for-cippian, p. ode

To cut off

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To cut off Forcyppud precisa, Nap. 79

Linked entry: cippian

fót-gemearc

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Cf. míl-gemearc

ge-sǽhþ

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(Cf. mirigþ and mirig) happiness

gínan

(v.)
Grammar
gínan, to yawn.
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Dele Cot. 23, and add: cf. gánian

sælmerige

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Add: [Cf. O. H. Ger. salzmuorna salsugo]

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.
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v. smyltness; and cf. smolt pinguedo.)

rǽswa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽswa, an; m. (a word used only in poetry).
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a counsellor Cwæð ðá se ðe wæs cyninges rǽswa (cf. 'the king spake unto his counsellors ... They answered and said unto the king,' Dan. 3, 14), wís and wordgleáw, Cd.

þunian

(v.)
Grammar
þunian, p. ode.

to stand out ⬩ be prominent ⬩ be lifted up ⬩ stick up ⬩ to be lifted up ⬩ be proud ⬩ to be stuck up ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ creak

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but cf.(?) Icel. Þundr a name of Odin; Þund the name of a mythical river) bombosae (vocis mugitum), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 59

Linked entries: þundende tó-þuniende

weorpere

(n.)
Grammar
weorpere, es; m.
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A thrower (cf. to throw, as a wrestling term) Ic ( mead ) eom weorpere, efne tó eorþan ealdne ceorl (cf. Aldhelm's riddle: Pedum gressus titubantes sterno ruina), Exon. Th. 409, 27 ; Rä. 28, 7

ge-lagu

(n.)
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[Cf. Icel. lag a layer.] Cf. licgan

fultumend

(n.)
Grammar
fultumend, fultumiend, es; m. [fultumende, fultumiende, part. of fultuman, fultumian]

A helper ⬩ assistant ⬩ co-operator ⬩ adjūtor ⬩ co-ŏpĕrātor

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A helper, assistant, co-operator; adjūtor, co-ŏpĕrātor Ðe his gefera wæs and fultumend ðæs godcundan wordes qui cŏmes ĭtĭnĕris illi et co-ŏpĕrātor verbi, Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 12.

cwilming

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Ox. 3235. cf. cwylmian, 2 Cwylmmincge Hǽlendes mortifcationem Jesus, Scint. 161, 3. cf. cwylmian, 3 Flǽsclicra leahtra cwylminge carnalium vitiorum mortificationem, An. Ox. 40, 22

ceace

(n.)
Grammar
ceace, an; f. (?)
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cf. cyclum, the gloss to the same passage, An. Ox. 3859) tortellis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 63. [Hire cake bearneð o þe stan, H. M. 37, 36. Icel. kaka.] Cf. cicel

clincig

(adj.)
Grammar
clincig, adj.
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[Cf. somer dryeth mareis and mores . . . and maketh hem rouȝe and harde and clynkery. v. N. E. D. clinkery.] Cf. clingan

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