Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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on-scendan

(v.)
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wíte-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-weorþ, wíte-wirþe; adj.
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Punishable, liable to punishment Nú ꝥ unnytte word bið wítewyrðe (wítes wyrðe, v.l. poenalis) þe bútan níðe byð, Gr. D. 208, 8

mis-cweðan

(v.)

to speak amiss or incorrectly ⬩ to curse ⬩ maledicere

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to speak amiss or incorrectly Miscweden word barbarismus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 46: Ælfc. Gr. 50, 21; Som. 51, 49.

cealre

(n.)
Grammar
cealre, calwer, es; m.

calmaria, gabalacrum

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Nim súr molcen, wyrc to cealre,and beþ mid ðý cealre take sour curds, work them to a jelly, and foment with the jelly, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 98, 25, 26.

Linked entries: calwer celras

hearm

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm, herm; adj.
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Ne hyld ðú míne heortan ðæt ic hearme word þuruh inwitstæf útforlǽte ut non declines cor meum in verbum malum, Ps. Th. 140, 5

ge-trahtian

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

To treat ⬩ explain ⬩ expound ⬩ consider ⬩ tractāre ⬩ expōnĕre

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Habbaþ word gearu wið ðam æglǽcan eall getrahtod we have words ready all considered against the wretch, Andr. Kmbl. 2718; An. 1361

hundredes man

(n.)
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apparently the same as preceding word, Cyðe hit man ðam hundredes men, L. Edg. H. 2; Th. i. 258, 7

sceóh-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
sceóh-mód, adj.
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Th. 282, 32 ; Jul. 672. v. preceding word

sídan

(adv.)
Grammar
sídan, adv.
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Cf. next word

tó-namian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-namian, p. ode
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Lind. 6, 14]. v. preceding word

gold-fyld

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fyld, adj.
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Linked entry: -fyld

hwæt-hweganinga

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæt-hweganinga, hwæt-unga; adv.
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Linked entry: -hweganinga

god-spell

(n.)
Grammar
god-spell, es; n.
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Matheus ongan godspell ǽrest wordum wrítan Matthew began first to write the gospel in words, Andr. Kmbl. 24; An. 12

hulfestre

(n.)
Grammar
hulfestre, an; f.

A plover ⬩ pluvialis

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A plover; pluvialis [the word occurs in a list of names of birds], Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 24; Wrt. Voc. 29, 44

on-unwísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
on-unwísdóm, es; m.
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Homl. 89, 10. v. preceding word

Linked entry: un-wísdóm

spícing

(n.)
Grammar
spícing, es; m.
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Halliwell gives spiking a large nail, as a northern word) Spícyngas gadirian oððe wyrcean, geswinc hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 200, 24

swefen-racu

(n.)
Grammar
swefen-racu, e; f.
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C. 29; Th. ii. 154, 29. v. next word

wéþan

(v.)
Grammar
wéþan, p. de
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Th. 106, 28. v. next word

cot

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Æt Sceolles eald*-*cotan, iv. 122, 21. v. búr-cot, and next word. Add

gyru

(adj.)
Grammar
gyru, (?); adj.
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