Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ancor-bend

(n.)
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a cable Scip oncerbendum (oncear bendum, MS.) fæst, B. 1918. Cf. ancor-ráp, -streng

andettend

(n.)
Grammar
andettend, es; m.
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A confessor Forgef ondettendum (or ptcpl.?) ignosce confitentibus, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 203, 37

be-lǽwa

(n.)
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a betrayer Iudas, Drihtnes belǽwa, Hml. S. 19, 228: Hml. Th. i. 398, 22

célod

Grammar
célod, l. celod, and substitute: Having a boss or
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beak (? cf. cele, and see Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 52, for such a 'beak')

cimbal-glíwere

(n.)
Grammar
cimbal-glíwere, es; m.
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A cimbal-player Hú Bonefatius foresǽde tó sweltenne þone cimbalglíwere, Gr. D. 61, 20

cubit

(n.)
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a cubit Þín seáð bið twégea cubita wíd and feówra lang, Nar. 50, 29

dim-hús

(n.)
Grammar
dim-hús, es; n.
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A prison, dungeon Dimhúses lautumiae, i. carceris, An. Ox. 3774. Dimhús latibula (ergastuli ), 4993

eahtend

(n.)
Grammar
eahtend, es; m.
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A persecutor Mé syndon eahtend ungemete neáh appropiaverunt persequentes me, Ps. Th. 118, 150

Linked entries: eahtan éhtend

el-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
el-lende, adj.
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Afiniculum ellende a finibus procul, Txts. 39, 99. Dele last two quotations, and add

fadiend

(n.)
Grammar
fadiend, es; m.

a moderator

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One that directs, regulates, &c., a moderator Fadiend moderator, An. Ox 56, 308

fearn-bracu

(n.)
Grammar
fearn-bracu, e; f.

A fern-brake

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A fern-brake, bed of fern On fearnbraca súðeweardæ, C. D. v. 173, 18

Linked entry: bracu

fleóg-rift

A mosquito-net

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A mosquito-net Nette, fleógryfte conopio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 50: 19, 18. Add:

flóh

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A bit of stone Stánes flóh gleba silicis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 27. Substitute:

ge-fetelsod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fetelsod, adj. (ptcpl.).
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Substitute: Belted, provided with a belt Twá sweord gefetelsode, C. D. ii. 380, 28

gedwol-fær

(n.)
Grammar
gedwol-fær, es; n. or <b>-faru</b>, e; f.
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A going astray Gewǽcede on gedwolfære defectos in abductione. Ps. Rdr. p. 291, 36

ge-wilsumness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wilsumness, e; f.
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A free-will offering Gewilsumnessa múðes mínes voluntaria oris mei, Ps. L. 118, 108

Linked entry: wilsumness

heáh-græft

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-græft, adj.
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Substitute: heáh-græft a carving in relief Heáhgræfte anaglifa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 13

grana

(n.)
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one who has a moustache (?) Polopis et crinitus, i. grona, Hpt. 33. 251, 18. (?)

Linked entry: granu

hæfern-bite

(n.)
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a crab's claw Cancer crabba, forceps hæfer[n]bite. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 7

Linked entries: bite hæfer-blíte

gúþ-mód

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
gúþ-mód, adj.
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Substitute: <b>gúþ-mód,</b> es; n. A martial mind

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