Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-encgd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-encgd, part. p.

Anxious ⬩ careful

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Anxious, careful,Som

ge-ende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-ende, es; m.

An end

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An end,Som

ge-fana

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fana, an; m.

A standard

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A standard,Som

ge-hornung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hornung, e; f.

Sadness ⬩ grief

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Sadness, grief,Som

Linked entry: ge-hornian

gylte

Grammar
gylte, GELT,

gelded ⬩ castratus ⬩ Som.

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gelded; castratus, Som

hearm-sprǽcolness

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-sprǽcolness, e; f.

Slandering, traducing,

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Slandering, traducing, Som

hearm-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-sprǽc, e; f.

Slander ⬩ calumnia

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Slander; calumnia, Som

Linked entry: hearm-cwide

ge-spunnen

(adj.; part.)

spun; ⬩ netus,

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spun; netus, Som

gest-líð

(adj.)
Grammar
gest-líð, adj.

Hospitable; ⬩ hospitalis,

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Hospitable; hospitalis, Som

hlís-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
hlís-bǽre, adj.

Famous, ⬩ glorious

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Famous, glorious, Som

Lǽden-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-sprǽc, e; f.
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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 55. On lédensprǽce, 2; Som. 2, 47. Hálige láreówas hit áwriton on lédensprǽce, Homl. Skt. p. 6, 51. Se cræft geopenaþ lédensprǽce [MS. H. lǽden-] Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 50, 65

boga-net

(n.)
Grammar
boga-net, boge-net, -nett, es; n.

A BOW-NET; weal, wicker-basket with a narrow neck for catching fish ⬩ nassa

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Gl. 102; Som. 77, 85; Wrt. Voc. 56, 9. Bogenet vel leáp nassa, 84; Som. 73, 90; Wrt. Voc. 48, 28. Bogenet nassa, 105; Som. 78, 41; Wrt. Voc. 57, 23

Linked entry: boge-net

hnygela

(n.)
Grammar
hnygela, [or hnigela ?], hnygele, an; m. f.

A shred, ⬩ clipping

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A shred, clipping Hnygela tomentum; seolce hnygele platum[ = placium, Som.] Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 3, 4; Wrt. Voc. 40, 37, 38. Hnyglan putamina, Cot. 152, Lye

ge-sculdre

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sculdre, -sculdru; pl. n.

The shoulders ⬩ humeri

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Gl. 14; Som. 71, 45; Wrt. Voc. 44, 28. Middel gesculdru interscapilium, 74; Som. 71, 46; Wrt. Voc. 44, 29. Mid his gesculdrum scapulis suis, Ps. Th. 90, 4

CWEÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWEÐAN, to cweðanne; part. cweðende ; ic cweðe, ðú cweðest, cweðst, cwæðst, cwiðst, cwyðst, cwíst, cwýst, he cweðeþ; cweþ, cwiþ, cwyþ, pl. cweðaþ ; p. ic, he cwæþ, ðú cwǽde , pl. cwǽdon; impert. ¨ cweþ, cweðe , pl. cweðaþ, cweðe; subj. cweðe, pl. cweðen; p. cwǽde, pl. cwǽden ; pp. cweden

To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere

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Ðú cwiðst inquis, 33 ; Som. 37, 38. Ðú cwyðst thou sayest, 2; Som. 3, 8: 5; Som. 3, 27, 32, 33, 36: 15; Som. 17, 36; 18; Som. 21, 62.

Linked entries: a-cweðan cwýst ðú

CYTEL

(n.)
Grammar
CYTEL, citel, cetel,es; m. A kettle, brazen or copper pot, cauldron; cācăbus = κάκκαβος , lĕbes = λέβος
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Ceteles brúm kettle-soot, 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 148, 10. Genim tyn-ámberne cetel take a kettle holding ten ambers, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 13

Linked entries: cetel citel citil

dæg-wine

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wine, es; n?

A day's pay ⬩ diarium

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Gl. 33; Som. 62, 32; Wrt. Voc. 28, 15. Dægwine pensum vel diarium, 64; Som. 69, 9; Wrt. Voc. 40, 43

Linked entry: wine

hrúm

(n.)
Grammar
hrúm, es; m.

Soot

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Soot; Hrúm cacobatus, Wrt. Voc. 291, 24. Micelne sigelhearwan ðæm wæs seó onsýn sweartre ðonne hrúm a great Ethiopian with a face blacker than soot Shrn. 120, 24

Linked entry: hrýme

cnyssung

(n.)
Grammar
cnyssung, e; f.

A striking ⬩ stroke ⬩ ictus

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Gr. 1; Som. 2, 30. Sweng oððe cnyssung ictus 43; Som. 44, 55

CRAN

(n.)
Grammar
CRAN, es; m. e; f.

A CRANE ⬩ grus

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Gr. 9, 33; Som. 12, 20; Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 34; Wrt. Voc. 29, 53; 62, 20; 77, 16; 280, 25

Linked entries: cranoc cræn

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