Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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wéþan

(v.)
Grammar
wéþan, p. de
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Th. 106, 28. v. next word

cot

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Æt Sceolles eald*-*cotan, iv. 122, 21. v. búr-cot, and next word. Add

gyru

(adj.)
Grammar
gyru, (?); adj.
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See preceding word

pipat

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Dele: the word is Latin, and describes the cry of the hawk. Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 88,80 for another instance of the verb

yfellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
yfellíce, adv.
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See preceding word

spícing

(n.)
Grammar
spícing, es; m.

A spike

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Halliwell gives spiking a large nail, as a northern word) Spícyngas gadirian oððe wyrcean, geswinc hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 200, 24

DǼL

(n.)
Grammar
DǼL, es; m.

a part, portion, DEAL ⬩ pars, portio ⬩ a part of speech in grammar ⬩ pars orationis ⬩ a part of a sentence, a word ⬩ verbum

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, and then the sentences into words [parts], again the words into syllables, Ælfc.

éc-nes

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On écnesse in aeernum, Mk. 11, 14. eternity On écnesse in ealra worlda world á búton ende, Bl. H. 53, 32. In ǽcnesse in aeternum, Jn. L. 4, 14

gegaf-sprǽc

Grammar
gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Gegafsprǽce and ídele word and þá word þe leahter ástyrien on eallum stówum wé forbeódaþ scurrilitales vel verba otiosa et risum moventia in omnibus locis dampnamus, R. Ben. 22, 4. Add

edwistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
edwistlíc, adj.

Existing, subsisting, substantial, substantive ⬩ substantiālis

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Existing, subsisting, substantial, substantive; substantiālis Ic eom, is edwistlíc word I am is the substantive [existing] verb, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 24

Linked entry: edwistfull

platian

(v.)
Grammar
platian, p. ode
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Áplatedum obryzo, 456, 47. v. next word

Linked entry: ge-platod

rǽd-þeahtende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
rǽd-þeahtende, part.
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Cf. rǽd-hycgende and next word

cásus

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Verbum ys word, án dǽl lédensprǽce mid tíde and háde bútan cáse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 119, 9. Tó sumum cásum, 107, 4. Add

clæppan

(v.)
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to throb Wið heáfodsár . . . þis syndon þá tácnu þæs sáres, ꝥ is ǽrest þá ðunewenga clæppaþ, Lch. iii. 88, 5. v. next word

Linked entry: clappan

drync-leán

Grammar
drync-leán, drynce-leán.
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The word occurs under the heading: De officiis domino debitis

eáþ-módig

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-módig, (?); adj.
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Cf. ofer-módig, and v. next word

fin

(n.)

a fin

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Finnum squamis the word occurs in a riddle on the cuttle-fish (loligo), Aid. 251, 281, An. Ox. 26, 10. Add

geótend

(n.)
Grammar
geótend, es; m.
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See next word

ge-singallícode

(v.)
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See preceding word

hege-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hege-þorn, (?)

hawthorn ⬩ haythorn

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The word seems to occur in the compound hegeðonhyrs (l. (?) hegeðornhyrst), C. D. i. 261, 8

Linked entry: þorn

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