Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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and-weardlíce

(adv.)
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Swá Drihten ondweardlíce ( when present with them ) spræc tó his gingrum, Bl. H. 131, 30. Add

and-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
and-wille, (?); adj.
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Ben. 121, 13

bósmig

(adj.)
Grammar
bósmig, adj.

Sinuous

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Sinuous Bósmigum bí(g)um sinuosis (laterum) flexibus, Hpt. Gl. 405, 35 ; An. Ox. 8, 2

discipul-hád

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Swá swá níwe discipulháda underðeódde quasi novo discipulatui subditam, Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 680, 12. Add

fore-gesceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
fore-gesceáwung, e; f.

Providence ⬩ forethought

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Ben. 66, 1

Linked entry: ge-sceáwung

for-hogness

(n.)
Grammar
for-hogness, (-hoh-), e; f.

Contempt

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Contempt Tó worolde forhohnesse (-hoge-, v. l.) ad contemtum saeculi, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 15

Linked entry: -hogness

hring-mǽl

(adj.)
Grammar
hring-mǽl, adj.
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For 'Beo . . . 1564' substitute On him gladiað gomelra láfe heard and hringmǽl Heaðobeardna gestreón, B. 2037

ofestan

(v.)
Grammar
ofestan, ofstan ( = efestan, efstan)
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Ben. I. 29, 5. Ofstende festinanda, Angl. xiii. 378, 186

Linked entries: ofstan efestan

searu-hwít

(n.)
Grammar
searu-hwít, es; n.
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Whiteness produced by art, lustrous whiteness — Searohwít solað, Reim. 67. v. hwít; n. cf. searu-fáh

Linked entry: hwít

stocc-gemǽre

(n.)
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a boundary marked by logs (?) Andlang stódfaldgemǽres þæt hit cymð tó stoccgemǽre, Cht. Crw. 25, 43

á-rísan

Grammar
á-rísan, <b>.
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</b> add: of a result produced by human agency Fyrdwíc árás, Exod. 129

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, <b>; II 2.</b>
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Þæt hí ne forhtgean þæs gewinnes ne þæs síþfætes, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 50, 3. Add

bisceop-weorod

(n.)
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a bishop's band Mid ealle his biscopweorode (campwerede, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 11

cídere

(n.)
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Gif hwylc preóst beo . . . cídere (increpalor), Chrd. 41, 30

rúm-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
rúm-gifa, an; m.

A liberal giver

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A liberal giver Hé wæs eallum rúmgifa manu omnibus largus, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 8

Linked entry: rúm

sacerd-gerisne

(adj.)
Grammar
sacerd-gerisne, adj.
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Befitting a priest Hé hæfde sacerdgerisene ealdorlícnysse auctoritatem sacerdote dignam, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 11

sǽwet

(n.)
Grammar
sǽwet, es; n.

Sowing

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Sowing Ofer ða tíd ðæs sǽwetes ultra tempus serendi, Bd. 4, 28, tit.; S. 605, 8

wæl-steng

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-steng, es; m.

A spear

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A spear Feówer scoldon on ðæm wælstenge weorcum geferian Grendles heáfod, Beo. Th. 3280; B. 1638

wæter-write

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-write, es; m. (or ? -write, an; f.)

A vessel measuring time by the running of water

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A vessel measuring time by the running of water Wæterwrite clepsydra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 12

Linked entry: -write

weá-spell

(n.)
Grammar
weá-spell, es; n.

A tale of woe

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A tale of woe Æfter weáspelle ( the news of Æschere's death ), Beo. Th. 2634; B. 1315

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