Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-lygnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lygnian, ge-lygenian; p. ode; pp. od
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To charge with falsehood Ðá ne gecneów se portgeréfa þára namena nán ðing þe hé namode, ac hé sóna gelignode hine, and cwæð: 'Nú þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án forswíðe leás mon,' Hml. S. 23, 686.

ge-félan

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Add: to feel an object, perceive by the sense of touch Ne mihte nán man ꝥ swýn geseón, and swá þéh hí hit mihton gefélan Gr. D. 226, 6. to know by sense of touch or organic sensation (with clause or acc. and infin.)

á-solcen

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Synd wé swá ásolcene ꝥ wé swincan nellað nán þincg, Hml. S. 28, 132. Add

Linked entry: á-seolcan

á-hwider

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Þæt nán crísten man ne móte his broces bóte sécean áhwider búton tó Críste sylfum, Wlfst. 303, 15

buteruc

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Næfdon hí nán wín búton on ánum gewealdenan butruce . . . wæs se buteruc brerdful wínes. Hml. S. 6, 274-282.

mæsse-úhta

(n.)
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the hour of matins on a feast day, the matins themselves Habbon þonne interuallum . . . bútan sunnanúhtan and mæsse-úhtan (festiutatibus sanctorum), þonne ne þearf nán interuallum beón, Chrd. 24, 7.

stelan

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Gang nú, and æfter þysum ne stel þú nán þing, 25, 19. Hé begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan he began to steal according to their custom, Ælf. T. Grn. 17, 18. Add

Hálgo-land

(n.)
Grammar
Hálgo-land, es; n.

A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland

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Hé cwæþ ðæt nán mann ne búde be norþan him Ohthere said that the district was called Halogaland that he lived in. He said that no one lived north of him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 16

ǽrst

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽrst, = ǽrost.

first ⬩ primo

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first; primo,Homl. in nat. Innoc. p. 36

ge-huntian

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

To hunt

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To hunt Hí gehuntigaþ venantur, Nar. 38, 6

Linked entry: huntian

for-hwirfedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedness, e; f.

Perverseness

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Perverseness Ðú lufodest ealle forhwyrfednesse word, Nap. 24

Linked entry: -hwirfedness

be-geómerian

(v.)
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Sé þe . . . his gyltas begeómerað, Nap. 75. Add

ealu-gálness

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For Nap. 5 substitute Verc. Först. 94, 1

huntigestre

(n.)
Grammar
huntigestre, an; f.

A huntress

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A huntress Huntigystran venatrices, Nar. 38, 3

hálsung-tíma

(n.)
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For Nap. 35 l. Chrd. 30, 2

dryht-ealdorman

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Add: paranimphus, Chrd. 81, 10 (=Nap. 17)

cristallisc

(adj.)
Grammar
cristallisc, adj.
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Of crystal Cristallisce dryncfatu, Nar. 5, 13

for-cippian

(v.)
Grammar
for-cippian, p. ode

To cut off

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To cut off Forcyppud precisa, Nap. 79

Linked entry: cippian

á-gálian

(v.)
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Hiora earmas ágáledon, Nap. 15, 27. Add

Linked entry: gálian

feoh-gafol

(n.)
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For Nap. 21 l. Chrd. 76, 32

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