Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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arþ

art

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art, Mk. Lind. Rush. War. 14, 70: Jn. Lind. Rush. War. 1, 19

Arwan

(n.)
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Into Arwan into the river Orwell, Chr. 1016; Laud. MS; Erl. 157, 1

a-wannian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wannian, p. ode; pp. od

To wax wan or pale ⬩ pallescere

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To wax wan or pale; pallescere Awannod pallidus factus, Greg. Dial. 1, 2

be-þýan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þýan, p. -þýde, -þýdde, pl. -þýddon; pp. -þýed, -þýd
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To thrust; trudere Hí beþýddon they thrust, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 8

brǽdo

(n.)
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breadth, width, Bd. 1. l; S. 474, 29: 4, 13; S. 583, 11

burh-geþingþ

(n.)
Grammar
burh-geþingþ, -geþincgþ, e; f.
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The city council or assembly, L. Eth. iii. 1; Th. i. 292, 7

caru

(n.)
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care, sorrow, grief, Lk. Bos. 10, 40: Ps. Th. 60, 1: 78, 11

croppiht

(adj.)
Grammar
croppiht, adj. [crop, a bunch, cluster; -iht, adj. termination, q. v.]

Croppy, full of clusters ⬩ racemosus

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Croppy, full of clusters; racemosus L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 12

cunelle

(n.)
Grammar
cunelle, an; f. Thyme; thymus [ = θυμός ] vulgaris
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Wylcunellan [MS. cunille] boil thyme, L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 74, 22

cosp

(n.)
Grammar
cosp, es; m.

A fetter ⬩ compes

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A fetter; compes On cospas into fetters Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 32

Linked entry: cops

dígelnes

(n.)
Grammar
dígelnes, dígelnys

solitariness, recess

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solitariness, recess, Ps. Spl. second 9, 10: Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 40

fǽran

(v.)
Grammar
fǽran, p. de; pp. ed [fǽr fear]

To terrify, frighten ⬩ terrēre

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To terrify, frighten ; terrēre Bodan us fǽrdon nuntii nos terruērunt, Deut. 1, 28

Linked entries: fǽring fǽringa ferende

ge-brýcsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brýcsian, p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od

To use ⬩ enjoy

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To use, enjoy Gebrýcsiaþ utuntur, Rtl. 118, 39. Gebrýcsade functus est, 195, 1

ge-fællnis

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fællnis, -fælnis, se; f.

A fall ⬩ transmigration

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A fall, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 34; transmigration, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 12

ge-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leás, adj.

False ⬩ falsus

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False; falsus Ne underfó geleáse gewitnysse non suscĭpies vōcem mendācii, Ex. 23, 1

ge-máglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-máglíc, adj.
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Importunate, pertinacious Mid gemáglícum wópum with importunate weeping, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 1

Linked entry: ge-máhlíc

hirde-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-wyrt, e; f.
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the greater, chlora perfoliata. the lesser, erythæa centaureum, Lchdm. iii. 332, col. 1

hnut-cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-cyrnel, es; m. n.
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A nut kerne Genim hnutcyrnla, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 34, 19

Linked entry: cyrnel

gewit-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
gewit-scipe, es; m.

A testimony ⬩ witnessing ⬩ testimonium

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A testimony, witnessing; testimonium, Bd. 1, 27, resp. 6; S. 492, 5, 6

Gillinga

(n.)
Grammar
Gillinga, Gillinga-hám

GILLINGHAM, in Dorsetshire, on the river Stour

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GILLINGHAM, in Dorsetshire, on the river Stour, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 1, 18

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