Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hwǽstrung

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Take here hwástrung, and add Hwástrung (hurastrung, MS.) mussitatio, Hpt. Gl. 476, 19

hræd-bíta

Grammar
hræd-bíta, l. hræd-bita,
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and add Hræðbita blata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 53. Hræþbita, i. 281, 44

hrycg-hrægel

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Eádgyfe his swyster .i. hrigchrægl and .i. setlhrægl, Cht. Crw. 23, 22. Add

íþe

Grammar
íþe, desert, waste.
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., and add:

innan-burhware

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Ðá þreó geférscipas innanburhwara and útanburhwara, C. D. B. iii. 491, II. Add

midl

Grammar
midl, l. mídl, míþl,
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and add Swá horsum mídlu (frena) synd on tó ásettenne, Scint. 55, 11

scíd

Grammar
scíd, (?) a course.
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Dele, and see scrid: <b>scíd</b> a shide.Add:

smæl-þearme

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Wið roppes ge wið wambe and smælþearmes ádlum, Lch. ii. 234, 30. Add

toll

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Add Toll and teám sý ágifen into þám mynstre, Cht. E. 236, 4

þegen

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Add Geánlǽhte Lisias fíf and sixtig þusenda fyrdendra þegena, Hml. S. 25, 363

un-forgifende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forgifende, adj.
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Unforgiving Hé wæs heard and unforgyfende þám forwyrhtum mannum, Gr. D. 320, l

un-gedéflic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedéflic, un-gedéfelic; adj.
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Unbecoming, unseemly Mid ungedéflicre and unwærlicre ofersprǽce loquacitatis incauta importunitate. Past. 95, 19

wannian

(v.)
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Add: to become dark coloured Þonne wannað hé and doxaþ, Nap. 13, 16

yfel-dónde

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Good edleán ðám weldóndum and yfel þám yfeldóndum, Solil. H. 10, 19. Add

beald

(adj.)
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Tó beald (bald, v.l.) and tó scomleás presumptione percussus, Past. 61, 2. Add

cæg

(n.)
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Dele 'For eage; f. l. ' and add Seó cǽge, Verc. Först. 128, 20

æcer-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
æcer-mǽlum, adv.

By acres

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By acres Ðæt land líð hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum, C. D. vi. 98, 5

heaðu-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-geong, adj.

Young and active in battle

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Young and active in battle(?) [Hickes reads hearo], Fins. Th. 3; Fin. 2

cruncon

(v.)
Grammar
cruncon, pp. cruncen

yielded

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yielded p. pl. and pp. of crincan. Byrht. Th. 140, 43; By. 302

getal-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
getal-scipe, es; m.

Number; ⬩ numerositas

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Number; numerositas Getalscipes and tídes numerositatis et temporis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 14

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