Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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helde

tansy

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Helde tanicetum, An. Ox. 56, 395: tenedisse, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 24. Add:

hicel

(n.)

a woodpecker

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a woodpecker (?) On hicleshám, C. D. iii. 202, 4. Æt hiceles wyrðe, 427, 21

hláf-mæsse

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Blódlǽs is to forgánne fíftýne nihtum ǽr hláf-mæsse. Lch. ii. 146, 9. Add

hungor-geár

(n.)
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Add: (n) and m. Ǽr þá hungorgeáras cómon antequam veniret fames, Gen. 41, 50

hring-setl

(n.)
Grammar
hring-setl, es; n.
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A circus On hrincgsetles openre wafunge in circi spectaculo, An. Ox. 3510. Rincsettles, 3535

lǽst-wyrhta

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Lǽstwyrhta caligarius Wülck, Gl. 112, 9, omitted at Wrt. Voc. i. 19. 17. Add

offrung-claþ

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-claþ, es; m.
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An offertory cloth; offertorium (v. N. E. D. offertory ; 4) iii. offringcláþas, Nap. 50

of-swíþan

(v.)
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sticelse devicto mortis aculeo, Hymn. ad Mat. 17

Linked entry: swíþan

peall

(n.)
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See An. Ox. 326

sárga

Grammar
sárga, l. sarga,
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and add Heargan (seargan? cf. salpistę trúþ*-*hornes-743) salpistę, An. Ox. 7, 57

slacian

(v.)
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Slacige, sláwige pigeat, An. Ox. 3094. Scleag(i)ende torpens, pigrescens, 18, 11. Add

un-scyldiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-scyldiglíce, adv.
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Innocently, guiltlessly Swá hwá swá unscyldiglíce bútan fácne leofode ǽr his gecyrrednesse, Nap. 66

Linked entry: scyldiglíce

wilige

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Wylie sporta, An. Ox. 17, 42. Wilian quala, corbes, Hpt. 31, ii. 234. Add

wiþ-scúan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-scúan, ( = wiþ-scúfan ?)
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Tó wiðscúenne, Bd. l, 14; Sch. 39, 19 [see last passage at wiþ-scúfan)

cýta

(n.)
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For buteo. l. butio, which is the form at Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 32

sǽ-holm

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-holm, es; m.

Sea

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Kmbl. 1058; An. 529

fyrs

Grammar
fyrs, furze.
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Fyrrsum ramnis, An. Ox. 23, 12. Add

on-lóciend

(n.)
Grammar
on-lóciend, es; m.

An on-looker, spectator

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An on-looker, spectator Heó wæs swíðe lufigendlíc eallum onlóciendum, Anglia ix. 30, 97

Linked entry: -lóciend

linnan

(v.)
Grammar
linnan, p. lann, pl. lunnon

To cease ⬩ leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ lose

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Ealdre linnan to die, Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 21; Vy. 54: An. 2277; An. 1139: Beo. Th. 2960; B. 1478. Ealdres linnan, 4878; B. 2443

on-tydran

(v.)

to nourish, support

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to nourish, support Hú þyncþ eów hú seó sibb gefæstnad wǽre, hwæðér hió síe ðæm gelícost ðe mon nime ǽnne eles dropan, and drýpe on án micel fýr, and þence hit mid ðæm ádwæscan?

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