Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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drýhþ

(v.)
Grammar
drýhþ, ðú drýhst

does, thou doest

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does, thou doest; 3rd and 2nd pers. pres. of dreógan

nigontig

(n.; num.; adj.)

ninety

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ninety Ofer nigon and nigontigum rihtwísra, Lk. Skt. 15, 7

þyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
þyldig, adj.

Patient

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Patient Strong and ðyldig fortis et patiens, Rtl. 1010, 8

ungemet-wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
ungemet-wilnung, e; f.

Excessive desire

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Excessive desire Ungemetwilnung ǽtes and slǽpes, Dóm. L. 30, 44

wiþer-sæc

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-sæc, adj.

Adverse ⬩ unfavourable

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Adverse, unfavourable Hlinunge and hligiunge wiþersæc, Lchdm. ii. 258, 20

bere-healm

(n.)
Grammar
bere-healm, es; n.

Barley-straw

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Barley-straw Genim æscrinde and berehalm. Lch. iii. 28, 7

Linked entry: healm

cóf-godas

Grammar
cóf-godas, l. cof-godas (v. cofa),
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and for second reference substitute Cofgodas penatum, Germ. 402, 195

eorþ-ling

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Substitute for 'A farmer; terrae cultor' 'A bird, ' and add:

feht

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xx. lamba and .xx. fehta, C. D. ii. 64, 32

fernes

Grammar
fernes, l. férnes,
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In foernisse (fórnissæ) in transmigrationem, Txts. 71, 1091. and add

folc-wélig

Grammar
folc-wélig, l. -welig,
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Voc. ii. 67, 25. and add

ge-lésan

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Dele second passage (v. ge-lǽswian), and see ge-lísan

ge-fearh-sugu

Grammar
ge-fearh-sugu, l. ge-fearh sugu,
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and add Gefearh sugu forda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 60

leás-fyrhte

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Be ðám árleásum . . . and be ðám leásfyrhtum, Nap. 42. Add

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, l. túcian,
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and add Tó wæfersýne túcian, Hml. S. 36, 134, 123

un-brosnodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-brosnodlíce, adv.
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Incorruptibly Lifiende undeádlíce and unbrosnodlíce (incorruptibiliter), Gr. D. 348, 23

camp

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Add: — Úres gewinnes and compes militiae noslrae, Nar. 2, 28

frum-byrdling

Grammar
frum-byrdling, l.-birdling,

A youth ⬩ one whose beard has just come

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and add: A youth, one whose beard has just come

aspide

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Betwux dracum and aspidum, Hml. Th. i. 486, 35. Add

á-wǽlan

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Dele paragraph I, and see á-wiltaná-wiltan, á-wilwan

Linked entry: wǽlan

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