Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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æ
þ

bige

buy

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buy, Jn. Bos. 13, 29; Similar entries impert. of bicgan

irþ-tilia

(n.)
Grammar
irþ-tilia, an; m.
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A husbandman Yrðtilian (but y altered to e) agricolas, Hpt. Gl. 464, 20

Linked entry: eorþ-tilia

suþerige

(n.)
Grammar
suþerige, A plant name glossing satirion, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 18. Cockayne takes the word to be the same as sæþerige (q. v.), and the gloss to be a mistake, Lchdm. ii. 403, col. 1; but cf. satirion sanycle, Wülck. Gl. 613, 33,
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saniculum sanicle i. wudemerch, 554, 8

stic-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
stic-wyrt, e; f.
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Stitch-wort; stellaria holostea; but the word glosses agrimonia, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 2

un-fúl

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fúl, adj.

Not foul ⬩ good ⬩ insulsum

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Not foul, good; but the word glosses insulsum, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 50

Linked entry: fúl

un-glædnes

(n.)

imperitia

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Voc. ii. 46, 25, but un-glǽwnes perhaps should be read

ge-meodniss

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v. medumness; but see preceding word) Rómánisca de dignitalibiis Romanorum. Add

hlyta

Grammar
hlyta, hlytta.
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Hlutan (but y is written over u) sortilegos Txts. 97, 1886. Add

sǽ-waroþ

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Sǽwaroþa (swá waroþa, MS. but cf. Dan. 323) sond, Az. 39. Add

un-wiþmetenness

(n.)
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Unwiðmetenesse in conparatione (but the glosser has read inconparatione), An. Ox. 587

Linked entry: wiþ-metenness

cumb

(n.)
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and should be taken as separate words (but see N. E. D. coomb). Add:to cumb, On cumb middeweardne, C. D. iii. 411, 11. On wulfcumb ufeweardne, 403, 19: 446, 22. But also neuter (?); cf. Innan rigecumb norðewærd, 449, 27.

cyric

(n.)
Grammar
cyric, a church. v. in the compounds cyric-ǽwe, -belle, -bóc, -bót, -bryce, -burh, -dór, -friþ, -fultum, -georn, -geriht, -griþ, etc.

Linked entry: cyric-ǽwe

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of the genitive case singular, in the greater part of Anglo-Saxon nouns. — Cyninges botl a king's palace. — Abrahames God

Abraham's God

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In English e is omitted, but its place is denoted by an apostrophe

þri-beddod

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-beddod, adj.

Having three beds or couches

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Having three beds or couches Búr þrybeddod triclinium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 5

Linked entry: -beddod

un-gehæplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehæplíc, adj.

Unsuitable ⬩ incongruous

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., but see Anglia viii. 452) incongruus, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 39

Linked entry: un-geþæslíc

beorh-hliþ

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Substitute: A mountain-slope; and take here the passages given under burg- (burh-)hleoþ in Dict

cáwel-wyrm

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Add: — Cáwlwyrm (printed calfwyrt; but see Nap. 76) eruca, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 72

Linked entry: cealf-wyrt

maðu

(n.)
Grammar
maðu, e; f.

A bug ⬩ maggot

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A bug, maggot(?) Maðu cimex, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 60, 9; Wrt. Voc. 24, 13: 78, 69

Linked entry: maða

fnǽran

(v.)
Grammar
fnǽran, p. de

To snort

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To snort Fearras fnǽrdon (printed fnæsdon, but see Grn. Wlkr. i. 321, 10), Lch. iii. 32, 12

ge-teórodness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teórodness, e; f.
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Exhaustion Hér seó gýtsung wundrede hyre geteórodnesse ( but the Latin is: Avaritia stupefacta fatescit), Prud. 66 a

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