Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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wæflian

(v.)
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to talk foolishly Wæflað blatterat, stulte loquitur, Hpt. 31, 16, 434

ofer-drettan

(v.)

to take with violence

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to take with violence Wé oferdryttan praeoccupemus, Ps. Spl. 94, 2

Linked entry: drettan

for-fón

to take away ⬩ to seize ⬩ to anticipate

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H.]' substitute: to take away, take as forfeit Gif hine (a man who has sought asylum in a monastery) on þám fierste geyflige . . . léte mid ryhte þeódscipe . . . and þám híwum hundtwelftig sciłł. ciricfriðes tó bóte, and næbbe his ágne forfongen (hæbbe

a-fyran

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyran, p. ede; pp. ed

To remove ⬩ take away ⬩ expel ⬩ amovere ⬩ elongare

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To remove, take away, expel; amovere, elongare. Exon. 43 b; Th. 147, 1; Gú. 720

eá-rixe

(n.)
Grammar
eá-rixe, an; f.

A water-rush

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A water-rush Nim eárixena wyrtruman take roots of water-rushes, Lchdm. iii. 122, 8

eáþ-

(prefix)
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Umlauted forms (íþ-, iéþ-, éþ-, ýþ-) occur, the compounds with which are taken under íþ-

Linked entries: cnǽwe -méde métto be-geáte -milte

fille-seóc

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Take here examples under fylle-seóc, and add

Linked entry: fylle-seóc

glíwing

(n.)
Grammar
glíwing, glíwung, e; f.
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Jeering, mockery Tále, i. glíwunge gecance gehispende ganniturae, i. cachinnatione ludibrio insultantes, An. Ox. 1472

Linked entry: glíwung

médren-cynn

(n.)
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In l, 2 for reht meódrencynn l. rehtmeódrencynn, and take the passage to riht-médrencynn

reord-hús

(n.)
Grammar
reord-hús, es ;n.;

A house; or ;room where meals are taken;

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; A house; or ;room where meals are taken; Reordhús ;cenaculum,; Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 15

sóþ-gid

(n.)

a true tale

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a true tale Sóðgied wrecan, Exon. Th. 306, 2; Seef. 1: 314, 17; Mód. 15

ge-sýnelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sýnelíce, adv.

Visibly

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Visibly Ðæt tácen gesýnelíce bær bore that token visibly, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 15

ge-teágan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teágan, -tégan; p. -téde; pp. -teád

To make ⬩ prepare

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Ðone ilcan mete ðe he hí ǽror mid tame getéde the same food with which before he had made them tame [the prose has ða ilcan mettas ðe hí ǽr tame mid gewenedon, Fox 88, 18], Bt. Met. Fox 13, 87; Met. 13, 44

Linked entries: teágan ge-tawian ge-téde

cyrfille

(n.)
Grammar
cyrfille, an; f.

Chervil ⬩ cærefolium

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Chervil; cærefolium Nim cyrfillan take chervil, Lchdm. iii. 12, 13: 46, 25

dworge-dwostle

(n.)
Grammar
dworge-dwostle, an; f.

Pennyroyal ⬩ pulēgium

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Pennyroyal; pulēgium Nim worge-dwostlan take pennyroyal, Lchdm. iii. 100, 25, 27

dyþhomar

(n.)
Grammar
dyþhomar, papȳrus = πάπυρος
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[Nim] dyþhomar [take] papȳrus, L. M. 1, 41; Lchdm. ii. 106, 17

fongen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fongen, pp. of fíon.

taken

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taken: — Ælas fongene beóþ anguillæ căpiuntur, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 5;

deorc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
deorc-ness, e; f.
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Darkness, obscurity On swá micelre deorcnysse in tanta obscuritate, Scint. 228, 3

ge-heorcnian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-hercnian</b> in Dict

Linked entry: heorcnian

geoguþ-lust

(n.)
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Take here <b>geogoþ-lust</b> in Dict

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