Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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efesung

(n.)
Grammar
efesung, e; f.

A polling, rounding, shearing, compassing ⬩ tonsūra

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egor

(n.)
Grammar
egor, nine ounces or

inches, a span ⬩ dodrans

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eldcung

(n.)

delay

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delay, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 17, MS. Cot

Linked entries: elcung ildcung

eofoþ

(n.)
Grammar
eofoþ, es; n.

Strength, violence, might

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Strength, violence, might, Beo. Th. 5062, note; B. 2534

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færd

(n.)

an army, expedition ⬩ exercĭtus, expĕdītio mīlĭtāris

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fág

(adj.)

guilty, criminal, outlawed, hostile

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guilty, criminal, outlawed, hostile, Beo. Th. 2531; B. 1263

feald

(n.)
Grammar
feald, es; n.

A fold, inclosure, field ⬩ septum, ăger

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fen-fugelas

(n.)
Grammar
fen-fugelas, pl. m.

Fen-birds ⬩ fen fowl ⬩ pălustres ăves

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feoh-ern

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-ern, es; n.

A money-place ⬩ treasury ⬩ gazophylacium ⬩ γαζoφυλακιoξ

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feorh-bona

(n.)

a life-destroyer ⬩ murderer

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a life-destroyer, murderer, Beo. Th. 4921; B. 2465

ferh-cwæle

(n.)
Grammar
ferh-cwæle, [ = -cwalu?]

A murrain of hogs ⬩ lues porcīna

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findele

(n.)
Grammar
findele, an; f? es; n?

An invention ⬩ a device ⬩ adinventio ⬩ inventum

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flíter-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
flíter-cræft, es; m.

The art of disputing ⬩ logic ⬩ dialectĭca

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fóran-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
fóran-dæg, es; m.

Before day or dawn ⬩ antelūcānum tempus

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fóre-sǽge

Grammar
fóre-sǽge, 3rd sing. imperf. subj. of fóre-seón.

should provide ⬩ provĭdēret

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should provide; provĭdēret, Bd. 4, 1; S. 565, 8;

forþ-man

(n.)

one very rich or wealthy ⬩ prædīves

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fór-witolnes

(n.)
Grammar
fór-witolnes, -ness, e; f.

Foreknowledge ⬩ diligence ⬩ industry ⬩ præscientia ⬩ industria

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Ben. interl. 27

frægn

(v.; part.)
Grammar
frægn, p. of frignan.

asked ⬩ interrŏgāvit

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asked; interrŏgāvit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 37, 38;

fram-síþ

(n.)

a going from or away ⬩ departure

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freah-drihten

(n.)

a lord ⬩ master

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a lord, master, Beo. Th. 1596, note; B. 796

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