Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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smúgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
smúgendlíc, adj.

Creeping, reptile

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Lamb. 68, 35

tó-cwæstedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cwæstedness, e; f.

Destruction

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Lamb.) cessavit quassatio, Ps. Spl. 105, 29

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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The price set upon a man according to his degree Twelfhyndes mannes wergyld bið six ceorla wergyld, L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 21. Ceorles wergild (weregild, 1. 20) is .cc. and .lxvi. þrimsa, ðæt bið .ii. hund sciłł. be Myrcna lage, L. Wg. 6; Th. i. 186,

midlung

(n.)
Grammar
midlung, e; f.

The middle ⬩ midst

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Lamb. 56, 5. Of midlunge ðínum bósme de medio sinu tuo, 73, 11. On midlunge sceaduwe dǽþes in medio umbrae mortis, Ps. Spl. 22, 4: Cant. Moys. 19: Cant. Abac. 2: Ps. Lamb. 73, 12. On midlunga, 81, 1

Babilónisca

(n.)
Grammar
Babilónisca, an; m.

Babylon ⬩ Baby̆lōn,

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Lamb. 136, 1

a-wænian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wænian, p. ede; pp. ed

To wean from ⬩ ablactare

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Lamb. 130, 2

dym-hefe

(n.)

a lurking-place, hiding-place

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Lamb. 17, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 1122, 33

elpen-bǽnen

(adj.)
Grammar
elpen-bǽnen, adj.

Made of ivory ⬩ ĕburnĕus

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Lamb. 44, 10

færr

(n.)
Grammar
færr, es; n.

A passing ⬩ transĭtus

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Lamb. 143, 14

for-cyrfst

(v.)
Grammar
for-cyrfst, he -cyrfþ

cuttest down ⬩ he cuts down

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Lamb. 128, 4;

hungor-lǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
hungor-lǽwe, adj.

Hungry ⬩ famished

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Lamb. Cantic. Annæ, 5

Linked entry: lǽwe

ge-hiscan

(v.)

to hate ⬩ abominari

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Lamb. 5, 8

hæfenleást

(n.)
Grammar
hæfenleást, e; f.

Poverty, penury

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Lamb. 43, 27

ár-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
ár-weorþung, e; f.

Honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ reverentia

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Lamb. 48, 21

Linked entry: ár-wurþung

cæmpa

(n.)
Grammar
cæmpa, an; m.
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Lamb. 186 b, 3

dreámnes

(n.)
Grammar
dreámnes, -ness, e; f.

A singing ⬩ cantio

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Lamb. 136, 3

hréred-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hréred-ness, e; f.

Agitation ⬩ haste ⬩ precipitation

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Lamb. 51, 6

Linked entry: hrýred-ness

lof-herung

(n.)
Grammar
lof-herung, e; f.

Praising ⬩ commendation

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Lamb. 55, 12

Linked entry: herung

ge-healdnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-healdnys, -nyss, e; f.

A keeping ⬩ custōdia

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Lamb. 8, 12

under-fangelnes

(n.)

susceptio

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Lamb. 107, 9

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