Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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bird

(n.)

pullus

Entry preview:

Rush. War. 2, 24

Linked entry: brid

þyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrstig, adj.

Thirsty

Entry preview:

Ðyrstende ł ðrystig (þyrstigne, Rush.) sitientem, 37

Linked entries: þrystig þurstig

un-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
un-genge, adj.

Impracticable ⬩ useless ⬩ vain

Entry preview:

Rush. 15, 6

Linked entries: un-gænge for-genge

regol-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
regol-þeáw, es; m.
Entry preview:

A custom of ecclesiastical rule Ꝥ hí þá gesettan þeódscipas and regolþeáwas heóldon, Angl. x. 144, 125

hand-smæll

(n.)
Grammar
hand-smæll, es; m.

A slap with the hand

Entry preview:

Rush. 19, 3

Linked entry: smæll

brǽmbel-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
brǽmbel-leáf, es; n. [brǽmbel
a bramble,
leáf
a leaf
]

a bramble, ⬩ a leaf ⬩ The leaf of a bramble; ⬩ rubi folium

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The leaf of a bramble; rubi folium Nim brǽmbel-leáf take bramble-leaves, Lchdm. iii. 40, 26

Linked entry: brémel-leáf

witodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
witodlíce, adv.

certainly ⬩ indeed ⬩ surely ⬩ truly

Entry preview:

Rush. 14, 28. Witodlíce vero, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 24. Wiotudlíce, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 8. Witodlíce videlicet, Anglia xiii. 387, 318. Wietodlíce, Past. 35; Swt. 239, 20

Linked entries: ge-witodlíce witendlíce

un-gelífend

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelífend, es; m.

An unbeliever

Entry preview:

Rush. 3, 36: 20, 27

Linked entry: ge-lífend

wirged

(n.)
Grammar
wirged, es; m.

An accursed being ⬩ the devil

Entry preview:

Rush. 13, 19. v. preceding word

ymb-sǽlan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Rush. 9, 42

Linked entry: sǽlan

fǽr-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-rǽs, es; m.
Entry preview:

A violent rush Mið férrǽs eóde ꝥ sunor oefistlíce impetu abiit grex per praeceps, Lk. L. 8, 33

Linked entry: fǽr-rǽsende

pæþ-feld

(n.)
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field across which a path runs (?) Oð þone hagan; andlang hagan oð pæðfeld, C. D. i. 258, 2

Linked entry: feld

brémbel-rind

(n.)
Grammar
brémbel-rind, e; f. [brémbel
a bramble
, rind
rind, bark
]

a bramble ⬩ rind, bark ⬩ Bramble-rind ⬩ rubi cortex

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Bramble-rind; rubi cortex Genim brémbel-rinde take bramble-rind, L. M. 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 11

Linked entry: brémel-rind

brym-streám

(n.)

the sea, a river

Entry preview:

Rush. Stv. 8, 18: Chr. 942; Th. 209, 38, col. 1; Edm. 5

wrǽþþu

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽþþu, (-o); indecl. : wrǽþþ, e; f.

wrath ⬩ anger ⬩ injury

Entry preview:

Rush. 21, 23: Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 3, 36: indignatio, Rtl. 12, 35. Uráðdo iracnndiae, 8, 37. Mið wrǽððo cum ira, Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 5. Hæbbe hé Godes curs and wrǽððe ealra hálgena, Chart.

gyrdels

(n.)
Grammar
gyrdels, es; m.

A girdle

Entry preview:

Rush. 3, 4, 10, 9: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 6: 6, 8 Rtl. 79, 7. Gelíc gyrdelse sicut zona, Ps. Th. 108, 19; Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 21; Rä. 55, 4: 114 a; Th. 436, 34; Rä. 55, 11

Linked entry: gyrdel

tó-worpness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-worpness, -wyrpness, e;

dispersion ⬩ a throwing out ⬩ ejection

Entry preview:

Rush. Lind. 7, 35. a throwing out, ejection, v. tó-weorpan, IV. Salde him mæhte gémnisse tó untrymnissum and tóworpnisse (-wyrpnise, Lind.) diówla dedit illis potestatem curandi infirmitates et eiciendi daemonia, Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 15. [O. H.

Linked entries: -worpness tó-wyrpness

ár-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ár-líce, adv. [ = ǽr early]

Early ⬩ diluculo ⬩ mane

Entry preview:

Rush. War. 8, 2

emetig

(adj.)
Grammar
emetig, adj.

Empty, vacant ⬩ văcuus, văcans

Entry preview:

Rush. 12, 44

món-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
món-seóc, adj.

Lunatic ⬩ epileptic

Entry preview:

Rush. 15. Mónsékæ lunaticos, 4, 24

Linked entry: mónaþ-seóc

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