Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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æ
þ

ǽ

(int.)

alas!

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. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11

for-get

Grammar
for-get, = for-git, -giteþ; 3rd pres. sing. of for-gitan: for-getst

forgets ⬩ forgettest

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Lamb. 43, 24, =

lícwyrþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lícwyrþ-ness, e; f.
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Lamb. 88, 18

micel-sprecende

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-sprecende, adj.

Talking big ⬩ boasting

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Lamb. 11, 4

sealm-glig

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-glig, -gliw, es; n.
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Lamb. 143, 9

ge-edwistian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edwistian, p. ode; pp. od

To feed ⬩ support

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Lamb. 22, 2

Linked entry: edwistian

scínendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
scínendlíc, adj.
Entry preview:

Lamb. 18, 9

teónere

(n.)
Grammar
teónere, es; m.
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Lamb. 71, 4

un-hálig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hálig, adj.

Unholy

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Lamb. 42, 1

smúgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
smúgendlíc, adj.

Creeping, reptile

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Lamb. 68, 35

tó-cwæstedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cwæstedness, e; f.

Destruction

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Lamb.) cessavit quassatio, Ps. Spl. 105, 29

midlung

(n.)
Grammar
midlung, e; f.

The middle ⬩ midst

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Lamb. 56, 5. Of midlunge ðínum bósme de medio sinu tuo, 73, 11. On midlunge sceaduwe dǽþes in medio umbrae mortis, Ps. Spl. 22, 4: Cant. Moys. 19: Cant. Abac. 2: Ps. Lamb. 73, 12. On midlunga, 81, 1

Babilónisca

(n.)
Grammar
Babilónisca, an; m.

Babylon ⬩ Baby̆lōn,

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Lamb. 136, 1

a-wænian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wænian, p. ede; pp. ed

To wean from ⬩ ablactare

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Lamb. 130, 2

dym-hefe

(n.)

a lurking-place, hiding-place

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Lamb. 17, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 1122, 33

elpen-bǽnen

(adj.)
Grammar
elpen-bǽnen, adj.

Made of ivory ⬩ ĕburnĕus

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Lamb. 44, 10

færr

(n.)
Grammar
færr, es; n.

A passing ⬩ transĭtus

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Lamb. 143, 14

for-cyrfst

(v.)
Grammar
for-cyrfst, he -cyrfþ

cuttest down ⬩ he cuts down

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Lamb. 128, 4;

hungor-lǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
hungor-lǽwe, adj.

Hungry ⬩ famished

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Lamb. Cantic. Annæ, 5

Linked entry: lǽwe

ge-hiscan

(v.)

to hate ⬩ abominari

Entry preview:

Lamb. 5, 8

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