Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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corn-hrycce

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Dele, and see corn-hwicce

fús

(n.)
Grammar
fús, es; n.
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Dele, and see fús; IV

á-wǽcan

porrectus.

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Dele: awǽht (l. árǽht) porrectus

á-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
á-wegan, p. -wegede.
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Dele, and see á-wecgan

be-flagen flǽsc

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Dele, and see next word

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue

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trans. to bury Mon sceal morðor under eorðan befeólan þe hit forhelan þenceþ, Gn. Ex. 115. [Cf. O. Sax.] to bear, be pleased with Ne eaþmódnesse iuc ná leng befeólan nellaþ nec iugum humilitatis diutius sustinere contenti sunt (contendunt, v. l. ),

Deniscan

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
Deniscan, gen.ena ; pl. m. [Denisca, def. of Denisc; adj.]

The Danish men, the Danes ⬩ Dānĭci viri, Dāni

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The Danish men, the Danes; Dānĭci viri, Dāni Hér, A. D. 835, Ecgbryht, Westseaxna cing, geflýmde ge ða Wealas ge ða Deniscan here, A. D. 835, Ecgbryht, king of the West Saxons, routed both the Welsh and the Danes, Chr. 835; Th. 116, 13-23, col. 1, 2.

æt-hredan

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Dele, and v. æt-bregdan, III

a-fúl

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dele, and see afu(h)-lic

bryðen

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Dele last reference, and see byrþen

dooc

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Dele: 'The . . . Lye,' and see dóc

eard-hæbbendra

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Dele, and see eard, 1 b

fergan

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Dele, Similar entries and see ferian

ge-sceáden

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Dele, and see ge-sceád; V

ge-þwerian

(v.)
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Dele, and see two preceding words

grǽg-hiwe

Grammar
grǽg-hiwe, grǽg-hǽwe.
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Dele, and see grǽg and hǽwe

reótan

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Dele for which see writian, hrútan

án-seld

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Dele note, and see geár-gemearc

fyrst

(n.)

a threshold

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Dele, and see first

geafle

a fork

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Dele, and see geafel a fork

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