Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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segl

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Add Þæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 34. Æfter siextegum daga þæs þe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs, þǽr wǽron xxx and c. gearora ge mid mæste ge mid segle, 4, 6; S. 172, 5. Add Segl larbanum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 40.

un-fyrn

Grammar
un-fyrn, <b>. I.</b>
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Þú wást ꝥ ic sylfa unfyrn sceall beón sweltende scis quia ego modo te (the dying abbot) secuturus sum 226, 4

róðer

(n.)
Grammar
róðer, es; n.

An oar, a rudder

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Ne mæg scip nó stille gestondan, búton hit ankor gehæbbe, oððe mon mid róðrum ongeán tió (pull against the stream with oars), Past. 58; Swt, 445. 13

feax-wund

(n.)
Grammar
feax-wund, e; f.
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Gif in feaxe bið wund inces lang, geselle ánne sciłł. tó bóte. Gif beforan feaxe bið wund inqes lang, twégen sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 92, 17

fricca

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Sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, hé onféhð friccan (fryccean, v.l.) scíre and foreryneles ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeaí hira færelt . . .

fóre-beón

(v.)

to be before or over ⬩ to preside ⬩ præesse

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Scint. 32, 58

fyrian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrian, p. ode; pp. od

To make a furrow ⬩ to plough ⬩ till ⬩ proscindĕre aratro

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To make a furrow, to plough, till; proscindĕre aratro, Scint. 32

ed-gildend

(n.)
Grammar
ed-gildend, es; m.
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One who requites, remunerates Edgyldend remunerator, i. redonator, Scint. 127, 17

Linked entry: gildend

fæderen

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Gálnyss forspillednyss ys fædrenre (paternę) yrfewyrdnysse spéde, Scint. 87, 2. Add

fremedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fremedlíce, adv.
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Perfectly Þurh þæt fremedlíce ( perfecte ) ys ge-herud, Scint. 129, 3

forþ-fering

Grammar
forþ-fering, l. -féring,
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and add On dæge forðféringe in die defunctionis, Scint. 65, 8

on-orþung

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Mid blǽde deóflicre onorþunge flatu diabolicę inspirationis, Scint. 112, 12. Add

un-gemetgod

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Þár byþ ongemetegud (immoderatus) hleahter and plega, Scint. 173, 6. Add

un-wríþan

(v.)
Grammar
un-wríþan, p. -wráþ; pp. -wriðen

To untwist, unbind (lit. or fig.)

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Unwríþan distringere, Scint. 232, 2

be-werung

(n.)
Grammar
be-werung, e; f.

A defence, fortification ⬩ tutamen

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A defence, fortification; tutamen Bewerung strang a strong defence, Scint. 64

un-geleáffullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geleáffullíce, adv.

Incredibly ⬩ incredibiliter

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Incredibly; incredibiliter, Scint. 54, 9: Basil admn. 7; Norm. 48, 20

Linked entry: ge-leáffullíce

un-gerýdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerýdness, e; f.

Violence ⬩ tumult

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Violence, tumult Ungerýdnyss and gewinn tumultus et conluctatio, Scint. 82, 2

Linked entry: ge-rýdness

æt-feorrian

(v.)
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to take away Ná ætfeorra þú non auferas, Scint. 160, 7

ed-gildan

(v.)
Grammar
ed-gildan, p. de
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To requite, remunerate Hé edgylt remunerat, i. reditat, Scint. 162, 11

Linked entry: gildan

for-wyrþendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-wyrþendlic, adj.
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Perishable Forwyrdendlice welan perituras divitias, Scint. 43, 11. Cf.(?) for-wirdan

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