Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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grǽf

(n.)
Grammar
grǽf, (?), e; f.
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A bush, bramble Dumas, spinas vel grǽfe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 12

heals-gang

(n.)
Grammar
heals-gang, es; m.
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A tumour in the neck Halsgang struma, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 15

Linked entry: gang

heorotbremel-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
heorotbremel-leáf, es; n.
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A leaf of the buckthorn Cnúa heorot-brénibelleáf. Lch. ii. 332, 6

Linked entry: heorot-brembel

leáfnes-word

(n.)
Grammar
leáfnes-word, es; n.
Entry preview:

A pass-word Ne gé leáfnesword gúðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson, B. 245

Linked entry: ge-leáfnes-word

lungen-ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
lungen-ǽder, e; f.
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A lung-vein Lǽt him of lungenǽdre blód. Lch. ii. 106, 24

meox-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
meox-scofl, e; f.
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A dung-shovel Man sceal habban . . . ofurace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 3

mixen-duncge

(n.)
Grammar
mixen-duncge, an; f.
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Dung from a mixen Myxendincgan út drag-an, Angl. ix. 261, 9

sǽ-hund

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-hund, es; m.
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A sea-hound Scilla ðet is sǽhund gecweden, An. Ox. 26, 61

sealten

Entry preview:

See preceding word: <b>sealtere</b> a psalter

stefn-hlów

(adj.)
Grammar
stefn-hlów, adj.
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Vowel, vocalic Ðæne clypolon .a. oððe þæne stemhlówan, Angl. viii. 314, 16

Linked entry: -hlów

sunn-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
sunn-hát, adj.
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Heated by the sun(?) Sunh[á]t soliflua, An. Ox. 56, 205

þeódend

(n.)
Grammar
þeódend, es; m.
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A translator. Cf. geþeódan to translate Ðeódend translator, An. Ox. 15, 6

þwǽle

(n.)
Entry preview:

Dele: ' (or -a?; m.),' and add: — Thuǽlę infula, An. Ox. 53, 26

unrihthǽmed-fremere

(n.)
Grammar
unrihthǽmed-fremere, es; m.
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An adulterer, a fornicator man þe . . . beóþ oferdrinceras and unrihthǽmedfremeras, Nap. 66

un-wita

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[U]nw[i]t[a]n stolidi, An. Ox. 56, 229. Add

were-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
were-wulf, wer-wulf. v. wer, were
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a man ; for double forms (were-, wer-) cf. wer-gild, were-gild

wuniendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wuniendlíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Continually Hí beóð á wuniendlíce lifiende in helle, Gr. D. 264, 9

ýr

(n.)
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a horn. (? For this explanation of the word see Anglia xxxv. 175. )

freó-wíf

(n.)
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a freeborn woman Fríwíf, Ll. Th. i. 20, 7. Cf. freó-man

feoh-gescot

(n.)
Entry preview:

a money-contribution Nelle wé tó him gyrnan feohgesceotes, E.S. 49, 341

Linked entry: ge-scot

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