Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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héh-sunn

(adj.)
Grammar
héh-sunn, [?]; adj.

Very sinful

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Rush. 2, 15

horn-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
horn-gestreón, es; n.

An abundance of pinnacles,

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An abundance of pinnacles, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 11; Ruin. 23

ofer-bebeódan

(v.)

to command, rule

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to command, rule Ic wealdige vel oferbebeóde imperito. Wrt.Voc. i. 54, 52

Linked entry: be-beódan

hlynn

(n.)
Grammar
hlynn, e; f.

A torrent

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Rush. 18, 1

gorst

(n.)
Grammar
gorst, gost, es; m.
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Rush. 7, 16. Ne wínberian on gorste ne nimaþ neque de rubo vindemiant uvam, Lk. Skt. 6, 44.

Linked entries: gost georst

un-sméþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sméþe, adj.

Not smooth ⬩ rough ⬩ uneven

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Kmbl. 341, 27; Rún. 13. Tunge unsméþe, Lchdm. ii. 242, 10. Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe, hwæt unsméðe, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 33. His unsméðan ( leprous ) líces, 512, 6. Ne unsméðes wiht, Exon. Th. 199, 15; Ph. 26.

Linked entry: sméðe

HNECCA

(n.)
Grammar
HNECCA, an; m.

A NECK, ⬩ nape of the neck, ⬩ back of the head

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Gníd ðone hneccan mid ðý rub the back of the neck with it, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 20, 25. Ðæt ðú næbbe nán þing háles fram ðám fótwolmum óþ ðone hneccan sanari non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum, Deut. 28, 35

Linked entry: snecca

Pentecosten

(n.)
Grammar
Pentecosten, es; m. (?)
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On ðære Pentecostenes wucan, Rubc. Lk. Skt. 5, 17 : 8, 40. On óðerne Pentecostenes mæssedæg, Rubc. Jn. Skt. 3, 16. On Pentecostenes mæsseǽfen, 14, 15

bere-flór

(n.)
Grammar
bere-flór, es; m.

A BARLEY-FLOOR ⬩ barn floor ⬩ hordei area

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Rush. War. 3, 17

eóde

(n.)
Grammar
eóde, es; n.

A flock ⬩ grex

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Rush. 12, 32

bi-geongende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bi-geongende, bi-gongende; part. [part. of bi-gongan, v. be-gongan, be-gangan]

Passing by ⬩ præteriens

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Rush. War. 15, 21

blód-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
blód-wyrt, e; f.

BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems ⬩ rumex sanguineus

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BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems; rumex sanguineus, Lin

Geransingas

(n.)
Grammar
Geransingas, gen. a; pl.
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Rush. 8, 28

regol-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
regol-fæst, adj.

Observing a rule, regular (of ecclesiastics)

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Observing a rule, regular (of ecclesiastics) Rincas rægolfæste, Menol. Fox 88;Men. 44

þurh-rǽsan

(v.)

to rush through

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to rush through Hwílum ic þurhrǽse, Exon. Th. 384, 31; Rä. 4, 36

wítege

(n.)
Grammar
wítege, an; f.

prophetess

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Rush. 2, 36

seten

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Rush. Add: v. cwild-, hundred-seten

wel-fremende

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-fremende, wel-fremmende; adj.

Beneficent

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Beneficent Welfremmende (-fremende, Rush.) geceiged biðon benefici vocantur Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 25

wel-gelǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-gelǽred, adj.

Well-instructed

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Rush. 6, 45

feoter

(n.)
Grammar
feoter, feotur; gen. feotre, feoture; f.

A fetter ⬩ compes

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A fetter; compes Mið feotrum [Rush. feoturum] compĕdĭbus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 4

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