Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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freá-hræd

(adj.)
Grammar
freá-hræd, adj.

Very quick ⬩ speedy ⬩ swift ⬩ prŏpĕrus ⬩ expĕdītus

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Fróm

(n.)
Grammar
Fróm, e; f.

FROME ⬩ flŭvii nōmen in agro Dorsetensi

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fyld

(n.)
Grammar
fyld, es; m.

A fold ⬩ volume ⬩ vŏlūmen

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Ben. Lye.Hpt. Gl. 494

ge-áhnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-áhnung, e; f.

An appropriation ⬩ possession ⬩ owning ⬩ appropriātio ⬩ possessio

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eág-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
eág-æppel, es; m.

The apple of the eye ⬩ pupilla

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eág-séung

(n.)
Grammar
eág-séung, e; f.

Eye-seeing, eye-sight ⬩ ocŭlōrum acies

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eáh-mist

(n.)
Grammar
eáh-mist, es; m.

Eye-mist or dimness ⬩ ocŭlōrum calīgātio

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here-serce

(n.)
Grammar
here-serce, -syrce, an; f.

A coat of mail.

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Beo. Th. 3027; B. 1511

íð-gesýne

(adj.)
Grammar
íð-gesýne, adj.

Easy to see

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Easy to see Ýðgesýne, Beo. Th. 2493; B. 1244

líc-sirce

(n.)
Grammar
líc-sirce, an; f.
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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 1105; B. 550

lust-grin

(n.)
Grammar
lust-grin, e; f.
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Snare set by pleasure, Soul Kmbl. 46; Seel. 23

Linked entry: grin

níþ-draca

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-draca, an; m.

A hostile ⬩ malicious dragon

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A hostile, malicious dragon, Beo. Th. 4538; B. 2273

níw-tirwed

(adj.)

new-tarred

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new-tarred Flotan níwtyrwdne, Beo. Th. 595; B. 295

Norþ-Scottas

(n.)

the Northern Scots

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the Northern Scots, Bd. 3, 3; S. 526, 12

Linked entry: Scottas

ealu-sceop

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-sceop, es; m.

An ale-brewer, a brewer ⬩ cervĭsiārius

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ge-bolged

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bolged, part.

Caused to swell ⬩ made angry ⬩ tumĭdus ⬩ indignātus

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ge-bræcseócnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bræcseócnes, -ness, e; f. [ge-, bræcseócnes epilepsy]

The falling sickness ⬩ epilepsy ⬩ morbus comĭtiālis ⬩ epilepsia

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ge-beterung

(n.)

an amending ⬩ bettering ⬩ making better ⬩ emendātio ⬩ instauratio

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Linked entry: beterung

ge-ræft

(adj.; part.)

torn, distracted ⬩ discerptus

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torn, distracted; discerptus, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 21

gesǽl-líce

(adv.)

happily

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happily, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 5, MS. Cot

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