Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-berstan

(v.)
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to burst: Hnescað se swile and gebersteþ, Lch. ii. 202, ii. —

Linked entry: berstan

ge-tricce

Grammar
ge-tricce, content.
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After stówe insert þeáwum, and for '61, Lye' substitute 109, 7

hæleþ-helm

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Dele, and see hǽl; III ¶

heals-ome

Grammar
heals-ome, l. heals-óme (or -óman; pl., only plural forms of the simple word seem to occur. v. -óman),
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Se man sé ðe biþ on healsóman nime healswyrt. and add

hundnigontig-wintre

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þá hé wæs nigon-and-hundnigon*-*ligwintre, Gen. 17, 1. Add

rendrian

(v.)
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Take after ren-degn, and for 'v. Lchdm. ii. Gloss.' substitute

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, to strain.
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Dele: v. ge-seón, and add: p. seáh (v. þurh-seón)

sweoloþ

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Fýr and swoloð ignis et aestus, Ps. Rdr. 293, 66. Add

tallíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tallíce, l. tállíce,
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and add Tállíce ábedecian inprudenter (impudenter, v.l.) petere, Chrd. 70, 5

un-ætspornen

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For 'Dial. l, 9' substitute: Gr D. 60, 26, and add :

un-gemetgod

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

un-tamlic

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Substitute: <b>un-tamcol,</b> and add: (?)

cild-geong

Grammar
cild-geong, In 1. 2 dele '. Mon . . , 49',
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and add Ne sceal hine mon cildgeongne forcweðan, Gn. Ex. 49

ǽle-puta

(n.)
Grammar
ǽle-puta, m. l. ǽle-púte; f.
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Voc. i. 55, 75. and add

heaðu-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-torht, adj.

Clear-sounding and of warlike import

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Clear-sounding and of warlike import, Beo. Th. 5109: B. 2553

tó-dǽlendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-dǽlendlíc, adj.

Divisible, ⬩ separable

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Divisible, separable Swá tódǽlendlíc is líchama and sáwle, Wulfst. 264, 26

forþ-fering

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

ge-fælsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fælsian, l. ge-fǽlsian,
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Voc. ii. 83, 76: 31, 24. and add

atul

(adj.)
Grammar
atul, adj.

Dire ⬩ terrible ⬩ horrid

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Dire, terrible, horrid In ðæt atule hús into that dire house, Exon. 40 b ; Th. 136, 1 ; Gú. 534 : Andr. Kmbl. 106; An. 53 : Ps. Th. 118, 123

fæted-sinc

(n.)
Grammar
fæted-sinc, es; n.

Gilded treasure ⬩ bracteātus thēsaurus = θησαυρόs

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Gilded treasure; bracteātus thēsaurus = θησαυρόs Ðeáh ic ðé lyt syllan mihte fætedsinces though I might give to thee a little of gilded treasure, Andr. Kmbl, 955; An. 478

Linked entry: sinc

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