Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ceorcing

(n.)
Grammar
ceorcing, e; f.
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questio, Germ. 398, 208

for-sceamung

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

Shame

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Shame Forscamung pudor, verecundia, Germ. 390, 120

Linked entries: sceamung scendung

ge-cirpsian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Germ. 394, 284

Linked entries: cirpsian ge-cyrpsian

horrat

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Horrat sub[si]stit, Germ. 402, 79

réþra

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Réþran uectares, remiges, Germ. 402, 65. Add

Linked entry: ge-réþra

leáf-helmig

(adj.)
Grammar
leáf-helmig, adj.

frondicoma

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Having a leafy top; frondicoma Germ. 390

Linked entry: helmig

ráp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ráp-líc, adj.
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Of rope Ráplíc funale, Germ. 399, 469

sidefullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sidefullíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Virtuously, decorously Sidefullíce honeste, Germ. 389. 33

un-frætewod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-frætewod, adj.

Unadorned ⬩ unpolished

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Unadorned, unpolished Unfratewode inculta, Germ. 396, 180

Linked entry: frætwian

boðen

thyme

Entry preview:

Boþene thymo, Germ. 390, 74. Add: —

clynian

(v.)
Grammar
clynian, (?) to make into a ball (v. clyne),
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to enfold Clyniende inplicans, Germ. 401, 24

dirfung

(n.)
Grammar
dirfung, e; f.
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Affliction, molestation Dyrfingum subactionibus, Germ. 395, 78

findend

(n.)
Grammar
findend, es; m.

A finder ⬩ discoverer ⬩ repertor

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A finder, discoverer; repertor, Germ. 391, 9

ge-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lǽca, ge-lǽcea, an; m.
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A competitor Gelǽcea emula, Germ. 391, 27

Linked entry: -lǽca

ge-lǽcan

(v.)
Entry preview:

to compete Gelǽcende emula, Germ. 391, 27

healf-féþe

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-féþe, adj.

Half-lame

Entry preview:

Half-lame Healfféþe semipes, Germ. 396, 150

Linked entry: -féþe

hunig-teáren

Entry preview:

For 'Gl. . . . 140' substitute Germ. 389, 24

sám-storfen

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-storfen, adj.
Entry preview:

Half-dead Sámstorfenne seminecem, Germ. 401, 50

á-styrigend

(n.)
Grammar
á-styrigend, es; m.

One stirring up; ⬩ ventilator

Entry preview:

Germ. 393, 78

Linked entry: styrigend

clifer

Entry preview:

Ox. 5341: Germ. 399, 337. 'Þú þis weorc mid þínum clifrum dó' . . . Sóna seó leó mid hire clifrum scræf geworhte, Hml. S. 23 b, 786. ifras ungulas, Germ. 400, 551

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