Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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búta

(adv.)
Grammar
búta, adv.
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Rush. War. 18, 16

stǽner

(n.)
Grammar
stǽner, (? v. stǽnen, I)
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Rush. 4, 5, 16. Stǽnero, Lind. 4, 16

ældan

(v.)

To delay ⬩ forbear ⬩ postpone ⬩ conceal

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Rush. Stv. 25, 5: Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 31; MS. B

Linked entry: ildan

pípere

(n.)
Grammar
pípere, es; m.
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Se Hǽlend geseah hwistleras (píperas, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 23

streám-faru

(n.)
Grammar
streám-faru, e; f.
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The going or flowing of a stream of water, a current: — -Se æðeling hét streámfare stillan the prince bade the rush of waters cease, Andr. Kmbl. 3150; An. 1578

un-meahtiglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-meahtiglíc, adj.

weak ⬩ impossible

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Rush. 1, 37: 17, 1. Suíðe unmæghtiglíc, Lind. 18, 24

Linked entry: un-meahtelíc

CNEDAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNEDAN, ic cnede, ðú cnidest, cnist, he cnit, pl. cnedaþ; p. ic, he cnæd, ðú cnǽde, pl. cnǽdon; pp. cneden

To KNEAD, ⬩ ferment ⬩ subigere ⬩ fermentare

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Rush. 13, 21

on-lísness

(n.)
Grammar
on-lísness, e; f.

Deliverance, redemption

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Rush. 21, 28

hreóf

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóf, adj.

Rough ⬩ rugged ⬩ scabby ⬩ leprous

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Rush. 8, 2. Ðonne biþ se líchoma hreóf ðonne se bryne ðe on ðæm innoþe biþ útáslihþ tó ðære hýde fervor intimus usque ad cutis scabiem prorumpit, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 71, 5. In húse simonis ðæs hreófan in domo Simonis leprosi, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 6.

Linked entry: hrífþo

til

(prep.)
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Ðá cueð til (tó, Rush.) him ðe Hǽlend tunc dicit illis Jesus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 31. Huér wiltú ðæt wé gearuiga ðé til eottanne (tó etanne, Rush.) Eástro ubi vis paremus tibi comedere Pascha? 26, 17

niþer-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer-weardes, -weard; adv.

Downwards ⬩ in a downward direction

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Rush. 8, 32. Nyþerwerd deorsum versum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 63. Niþerwurd in praeceps, deorsum, Hpt. Gl. 499. 66

þe

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, <b>=se</b>,
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Rush. 4, 2, 6

wiþer-metan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-metan, p. -mæt, pl.-mǽton; pp. -meten

To compare

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Rush. 18, 23

Linked entry: wiþ-metan

feorrung

(n.)
Grammar
feorrung, e; f.

Departure ⬩ retirement ⬩ withdrawal

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Departure, retirement, withdrawal Þá gebróðru fundon þone stán of þǽre stówe feor gewitenne, and for his feorrunga (secessu) gewearð genóh rúm stów wyrta on tó settane, Gr. D. 49, 16

copor

(n.)
Grammar
copor, es; n?

Copper ⬩ cuprum

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Copper; cuprum Nim hwetstán brádne and gníd ða buteran on ðæm hwetstáne mid copore take a large whetstone and rub butter on the whetstone with copper Lchdm. iii. 16, 22

pricele

(n.)
Grammar
pricele, <b> (a?),</b> an; f. m. (?)
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Ðone hlætmesto pricclu (pricla, Rush.) nouissimum minutum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 59

ge-firenian

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

To sin ⬩ peccāre

Entry preview:

Rush. 27, 4

Linked entries: firenian ge-firnian ge-fyrenian

on-setness

(n.)
Grammar
on-setness, e; f.

constitution, appointment ⬩ ambush, artifice, plot

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Rush. 11, 50. (cf. sittan) ambush, artifice, plot Allo onsetnisse fióndes omnes insidias inimici, Rtl. 121, 40

eorl-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-mægen, es; n.

A host of men ⬩ vĭrō;rum turma

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A host of men; vĭrō;rum turma Sió cwén bebeád ofer eorlmægen áras fýsan the queen commanded messengers to hasten throughout the mass of the people, Elen. Kmbl. 1958; El. 981

eðða

(con.)
Grammar
eðða, conj.

Or ⬩ aut

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Rush. 5, 18

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