Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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egþ-wirf

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Add: egþ-weorf (?) A young ass (weorf, q,v.) used for harrowing(?)

cæpse

(n.)
Grammar
cæpse, an; f.
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A box Wyrcað áne níwe cæpsan eówrum lácum tó fætelse. Nap. 11

reosan

Grammar
reosan, glosses

pissli(in a list of plant names)

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; pissli; (in a list of plant names), Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 44

rúnere

(n.)
Grammar
rúnere, es; m.

A whisperer

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A whisperer Ðes rúnere hic susurro, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 51

wæfer-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-stów, e; f.

A place for spectaclesan amphitheatre

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A place for spectacles, an amphitheatre Weaferstówa amphitheatrum, Lchdm. i. lxi, 9

Linked entry: wafung-stów

wæter-ælfen

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ælfen, wæter-ælfenn, e; f.

A water-elf, water-nymph

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A water-elf, water-nymph Wæterælfenne nymfae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 31

wamm-lust

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-lust, es; m.

A foul pleasure, an allurement, seduction

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A foul pleasure, an allurement, seduction Womlustas lenocinia, Anglia xiii. 28, 19

grund-wyrgen

(n.)
Grammar
grund-wyrgen, ne; f.

A wolf of the deepGrendel's mother

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A wolf of the deep [Grendel's mother]Beo. Th. 3041; B. 1518

Linked entry: wirgen

gú-mann

(n.)
Grammar
gú-mann, es; m.

A man of old

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A man of old Ðǽm gúmonnum antiquis, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 27

gúþ-here

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-here, es; m.

A martial bandan army

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A martial band, an army, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 18; Gen. 1967

hæfern

(n.)
Grammar
hæfern, es; m.

A crabcancer

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A crab; cancer, Wrt. Voc. 281, 63. Hæfern concern = cancer [?], 291, 31

Linked entries: hræfn hæbern

hǽmed-lác

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-lác, es; n.

Sexual intercoursecoitus

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Sexual intercourse; coitus, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 11; Rä. 43, 3

BRASTL

(n.)
Grammar
BRASTL, es; m.

A noise, brustle, rustle, creak, crackle, burning ?crepitus, strepitus, fractio, arsio ?

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A noise, brustle, rustle, creak, crackle, burning ? crepitus, strepitus, fractio, arsio ? Som

bræhtm

(n.)

a glimpse, glittering, twinkling,

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a glimpse, glittering, twinkling, Bd. 2, 13; Whelc. 142, 23, MS. B

winter-rím

(n.)
Grammar
winter-rím, es; n.

A number of years

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A number of years Heora winterrím anni eorum, Ps. Th. 89, 5

riht-líf

(n.)
Grammar
riht-líf, es; n.

A right life

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A right life Wýf tó onfónne tó rihtlífe, Lchdm. iii. 176, 22

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

hors-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hors-weg, es; m.

A horse-road

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A horse-road Tó horsweges heale, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 219, 2

ofer-fær

(n.)

a passing overtransmigratio,

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a passing over; transmigratio, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 13: Lind. 1, 17

ofer-stigenness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-stigenness, e; f.

A passing over

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A passing over Geleórednysse ł oferstigenysse extaseos, trdnsgressionis. Hpt. Gl. 413, 9

Linked entry: ofer-stige