Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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rihtere

(n.)
Grammar
rihtere, es; m.

A ruler, director

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Dic mihi, quoniam a Deo mundum regi non ambigis ... Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 5-14

Linked entry: rihtere

cwedol

(adj.)
Grammar
cwedol, cwidol; adj. Ready of speech, talkative, eloquent
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Dicax, i. facundus, qui verbis jocatur in quamlibet rem, vel cwedel, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 11. Quedol dicam (-x?), quedole, dicas, 106, 48, 49.

Linked entry: cwidol

bord-rand

(n.)
Grammar
bord-rand, es; m.

The margin or disc of a shield ⬩ scuti margo

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[bord II. a shield, rand a rim, margin] The margin or disc of a shield; scuti margo Biorn bordrand onswáf the hero turned his shield's disc, Beo. Th. 5112; B. 2559

þel-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
þel-brycg, e; f.
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Dip. B. iii. 682, 18. Of ðam brócæ in þælbricge; of þælbricge in héhstræte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 60, 21. Cf. stán-brycg

Linked entry: brycg

earfoþian

(v.)
Grammar
earfoþian, v. eærfoþian
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in Dict. and ge-earfoþian

eár-plǽttan

Grammar
eár-plǽttan, l. -plættan, see plættan
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in Dict., and ge-eárplættan

ge-swíþfrom

(adj.)
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See swíþ-from in Dict

ge-wíde

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See wíde; II in Dict

sidung

(n.)
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Take here sydung in Dict

wind-gefanne

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See wind-fana in Dict

Linked entry: ge-fanne

yntse

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Add: v. entse in Dict

be-grindan

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Dele and see sinder in Dict

fiþer-sceát

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Take here feþer-sceátas in Dict

frǽ-gleáw

(adj.)
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Take here freá-gleáw in Dict

ge-giddian

(v.)
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Take here ge-gyddian in Dict

gemynd-full

(adj.)
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Take here ge-mendful in Dict

ge-rícsian

(v.)
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Take here ge-ríxian in Dict

ge-swǽpa

Grammar
ge-swǽpa, v. swǽpa
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in Dict., and cf. ge-swope

ge-byhþ

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Take here ge-bihp in Dict

híwe-stán

(n.)
Entry preview:

Take here hiéwe-stán in Dict

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