Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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borg

(n.)

a surety or pledge

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a surety or pledge, L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 8

ge-federe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-federe, an; f.

A godmother ⬩ susceptrix

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A godmother; susceptrix, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 365, note 18

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n.

A secret place

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A secret place On gehildum in abditis, Ps. Spl. T. 16, 13

Linked entries: ge-heold ge-hyld hild

ge-lýcost

(n.)

a twin ⬩ gemellus

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a twin; gemellus Didymus, ðæt is gelýcost. Jn. 20, 24 : 21, 2

ge-nág

Grammar
ge-nág, or -nag[?] incumbens [Grn.],

urgens

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.], Exon. 95 a; Th. 354, 38, 40; Reim. 57, 58

Linked entry: -nág

ge-neah

(v.)

it is sufficient ⬩ sufficit

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it is sufficient; sufficit, Exon. 93 a; Th. 348, 29; Sch. 35

slæpere

(n.)
Grammar
slæpere, es; m.
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A sleeper Ðæra eádigra seofon slǽpera þrowung, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 1

stíl-ecg

(adj.)
Grammar
stíl-ecg, adj.
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Steel-edged Stíð and stýlecg ( a sword ), Beo. Th. 3070 ; B. 1533

Linked entry: stýl-ecg

suster

(n.)
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a sister, sustras, L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 436, 2, sutel

sundor-gecynd

(n.)
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a peculiar nature:?-Hé hafaþ sundorgecynd, Exon. Th. 357, 18; Pa. 30

teónere

(n.)
Grammar
teónere, es; m.
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A calumniator Hé geeádmét ðane teónere humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Lamb. 71, 4

táxe

(n.)
Grammar
táxe, (tádie? q. v.), an; f.

A toad

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A toad Táxan rubetae, quae et ranae dicuntur, Hpt. Gl. 450, 19

teld-sele

(n.)
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a tent Ganggeteld papilio, tyldsyle tenda, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 12-13. (?)

Linked entry: tyld-syle

þeox

(n.)
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a spear Ísenum bársperum ł þioxum ferratis venabulis, Hpt. Gl. 423, 68

þorn-grǽfe

(n.)
Grammar
þorn-grǽfe, an; f.
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A thorn-copse Andlang ðære þorngrǽfan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 148, 4

Linked entry: wír-grǽfe

þrang

(n.)

a throng ⬩ crowd

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a throng, crowd Wæterberendra þran[gum] lixarum coetibus, Hpt. Gl. 427, 15. (?)

wíc-sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-sceáwere, es; m.
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A harbinger Ðæs Cristes wícsceáwere ( John the Baptist ), Blickl. Homl. 163, 12

wóh-handede

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh-handede, adj.

Crook-handed ⬩ having a maimed hand ⬩ mancus

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Crook-handed, having a maimed hand; mancus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 44

Linked entry: -handede

wlæffetere

(n.)
Grammar
wlæffetere, es; m.

A stammerer

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A stammerer, one who speaks imperfectly Wlæffetera uilium bauilorum, Germ. 403, 910

Linked entry: wlaffian

wull-fleós

(n.)
Grammar
wull-fleós, -flýs, es; n.

A fleece of wool

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A fleece of wool Wulflýs cana vellus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 17

Linked entry: flís

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