Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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líf-lád

(n.)
Grammar
líf-lád, e; f.

life

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Ben. 1, Lye

mægen-byrðenn

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-byrðenn, e; f.

A mighty burden

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A mighty burden, Beo. Th. 3254; B. 1625: 6174; B. 3091

niht-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
niht-bealu, wes; n.

Bale or hurt that comes at night

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Bale or hurt that comes at night, Beo. 389; B. 193

bigsen

(n.)

an example

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an example, Bd. 3, 28, MS. B; S. 560, note 35

blǽd-ágende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
blǽd-ágende, part.

Possessing abundance, prosperous ⬩ abundantiam habens, prosper

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Possessing abundance, prosperous; abundantiam habens, prosper, Beo. Th. 2031; B. 1013

ge-drǽfnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drǽfnes, ness, e; f.

A disturbance ⬩ perturbatio

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A disturbance; perturbatio, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 121; Met. 22, 61

ge-dyrste-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dyrste-líce, adv.

Boldly ⬩ daringly ⬩ rashly ⬩ temere ⬩ audaciter

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Boldly, daringly, rashly; temere, audaciter, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 16

geglesc

(adj.)

light ⬩ frolicsome ⬩ lascivious

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light, frolicsome, lascivious, Bd. 5, 6; Whelc. 390, 39, MS. B

tánian

(v.)

to decide by lot

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to decide by lot Tánages decimatis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 23. (?)

Linked entry: tánages

un-forhte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forhte, adv.

Fearlessly

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Fearlessly Hé wille leóde etan unforhte, Beo. Th. 892; B. 444

Linked entry: forhte

un-birnende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-birnende, adj.

Without burning ⬩ without being on fire

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Without burning, without being on fire, Beo. Th. 5089; B.2548

costigend

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Þone costigend on helle grund besencean, Bl. H. 33, 19. Add

dómere

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Þé mon tó dómere geceás, Bt. 8; F. 24, 30. Add

ende-byrdlic

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Endebredlices originalis (misread by glosser as ordinalis?), Rtl. 109, 27. Add

for-hwirfedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedlic, adj.

Perverse

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Perverse Se forhwyrfda gást spræc forhwyrfedlice word, Bl. H. 31, 4

Linked entry: -hwirfedlic

ofer-flówedlicness

(n.)
Entry preview:

Ben. I. 101, 15

panþer

(n.)
Grammar
panþer, pandher
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a panther Is þæt deór Pandher bí noman háten, Pa. 12

Linked entry: palþer

self-démere

(n.)
Grammar
self-démere, with the same meaning as self-déma, q. v.
Entry preview:

Ben. I. 10, 6. Sylfdémerum sarabaitis, 11, 4

Linked entry: démere

sixtigoþa

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Ben. 37, 6, 16. Add

west-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
west-lang, adv.
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Bd. l, 3; S. 475, 19 (given under west )

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