Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hring-mere

(n.)
Grammar
hring-mere, es; n.

a bath

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A round pool, a bath, Exon. 124 b; Th. 478, 21; Ruin. 45

hrið-suht

(n.)
Grammar
hrið-suht, [?], e; f.

Fever

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Rush. 1, 31

Linked entry: ride-soht

lætemest

(adv.)
Grammar
lætemest, adv.

Lastly ⬩ at last ⬩ finally

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Rush. 16, 14

lætest

(adj.)
Grammar
lætest, superl. of læt.

Last

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Rush. 22, 27

ge-wildan

(v.)

to exercise power over ⬩ rule over

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to exercise power over, rule over, Gen. 3, 16: Ps. Spl. 105, 38

Linked entries: ge-weldan ge-wyldan un-gewild wildan

ge-wǽlan

(v.)

to vex ⬩ afflict

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Rush. 9, 36

gleomu

(n.)
Grammar
gleomu, e; f.

Splendour

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Splendour Gleoma gefrætwed splendidly adorned, Exon. 124 b; Th. 478, 1; Ruin. 34

ge-rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rícsian, p. ode; pp. od

To rule, govern ⬩ regere, dominari, gubernare

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To rule, govern; regere, dominari, gubernare, Rtl. 8, 7: 26, 43: 38, 41

Linked entries: rícsian ge-ríxian

sin-híwian

(v.)
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to marry Ne sinígaþ (synnígaþ, Rush.) neque nubunt, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 35

Linked entry: sinígaþ

scendele

(n.)
Grammar
scendele, (?), an; f.

Abuse, reproach:

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Rush. 11,8

on-stíðian

(v.)

to make hard

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Rush. 12, 40

ge-talu

(n.)

tribes; ⬩ tribus,

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Rush. 24, 30 pl. nom. of ge-tæl, II

wíg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-cræft, es; m.

war-craft ⬩ military skill ⬩ a warlike art ⬩ a warlike engine ⬩ warlike force ⬩ military power

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power (abstract or concrete) On Thessali hé ðæt gewinn swíþost dyde for ðære gewilnunge ðe hé wolde hî him on fultum geteón for heora wígcræfte, for ðon hié cúþon on horsum ealra folca feohtan betst Thessaliam ambitione habendorum equitum Thessalo-rum

dægréd-wóma

(n.)
Grammar
dægréd-wóma, an; m. [dægréd daybreak, dawn, wóma a noise, rushing]

Rush or noise of dawn ⬩ auroræ strepitus

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Rush or noise of dawn; auroræ strepitus Óþ-ðæt eástan cwom ofer deóp gelád dægrédwóma, wedertácen wearm until there carte from the east over the deep way the rush of dawn, a warm weather-token, Exon. 51 b; Th. 179, 24; Gú. 1266: Andr.

dépan

(v.)
Grammar
dépan, p.te ; pp.ed

To dip, baptize ⬩ baptizāre

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Rush. Stv. 3, 11

níd-behéfe

(n.)

necessity

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Rush. 2, 25. (?)

Gomorringas

(n.)
Grammar
Gomorringas, pl.
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Rush. 10, 15

ge-ebolsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ebolsian, -eofulsian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To blaspheme

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Lind. and Rush. 15, 29; Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27. 39

un-fúl

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fúl, adj.

Not foul ⬩ good ⬩ insulsum

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Rush. 9, 50

Linked entry: fúl

út-geng

(n.)
Grammar
út-geng, es; m. (or? -genge, an; f. v. genge)

An outlet ⬩ exit

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Rush. 22, 9

Linked entries: geng út-gang

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