Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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scripen

Grammar
scripen, scripende gloss
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Rush. 19, 21

croma

(n.)

a crumb

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Rush. 15, 27

seofoþa

(num.; adj.)
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.: ðý siofunda, Rush. ) tíde, Jn. Skt. 4, 52. Óþ ðone seofoþan (tó ðæm seofunda, Lind.: siofund, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 26. On ðone seofeþan dæg, Gen. 2, 2

ymb-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen
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Rush. 7, 22. Tó ymbceorfanne (-cearfanne, Lind.) ðone cnæht circumcidere puerum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 59. Ðætte ymbcorfen wére ðe cnæht, 2, 21

Samaringas

(n.)
Grammar
Samaringas, Samaritane, Samaritanisce; pl.

The Samaritans

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. ; in cæstra Samaringa, Rush. ) in civitates Samaritanorum, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 5. Tó Samaritaniscum, Jn. Skt. Rush. Lind. 4, 9. Similar entries v. next word (Samaritanisc)

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath

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Hwyrft hægel of heofones lyfte, wealcaþ hit windes scúra, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 6; Run. 9. Holm storme weól, won wið winde, Beo. Th. 2268; B. 1132.

on-ufan

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Þám þe sitteð onufan meare, Rún. 5. marking degree Ðe ilca is onufa allum ł ofer allo ipse est supra omnes, Jn. p. 3, 7. denoting object on which something takes effect On cýðnise onufa ðǽm ilcom in testimonium supra illos, Lk. L. 9, 5.

cýs-wuce

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-wuce, an; f. [cýse cheese, wuce a week]

Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent ⬩ septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ

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The same rule prevailed in monasteries of the Benedictine order, which only were known in England before the Conquest.

lacu

(n.)
Grammar
lacu, e; f.

A pool ⬩ pond ⬩ lake

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A pool, pond, piece of water, lake Óþ ðæt seó lacu út scýt—cðæt norþ andlang lace to the point where the water runs out of the lake ... then along the lake, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 26.

Linked entry: fisc-lacu

asca

(n.)

dust ⬩ pulvis

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Rush. War. 6, 11

a-wæccan

(v.)

To awake ⬩ suscitare

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Rush. Stv. 3, 9

bæzera

(n.)
Grammar
bæzera, bæzere

a baptizer

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Rush. Stv. 11, 11, 12

býing

(n.)
Grammar
býing, e; f.
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Rush. 5, 3

Linked entry: býencg

byrga

(n.)
Grammar
byrga, of cities or inclosed dwellings, for burga; gen. pl.
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of burh, Runic pm. 8; Kmbl. 341, 3

cwearn

(n.)

a mill-stone,

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Rush. 9, 42

eóster

easter

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Rush. 22, 8, 15

hwæt-hwoegno

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæt-hwoegno, pron.

Anything ⬩ something ⬩ aliquid

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Rush. 7, 4

Linked entry: -hwegno

palmung

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Rush. 15, 2

gníst

(v.)
Grammar
gníst, he gnít

rubbest ⬩ rubs

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rubbest, rubs; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. ofgnídan

be-þærfeþ

expedit

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Rush. Stv. 19, 10, = be-þearfeþ

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