Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ága

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Sum mycel ága þæs nama wæs Characterius possessor quidam Carlerius nomine , Gr. D. 230, 11. Add

ofer-gitol

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Ofergeotol ic eom eotan hláf mínne oblitus sum manducare panem meum, Ps. Vos. 101, 5. Add

reord

Grammar
reord, speech.
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On Englisce reorde in sua, id est Anglorum, lingua, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 12. Add

súþ

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ, adv.
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Gif hé (thunder) bið súð gehéred, sé bécnað cininges wífes cwealm, Archiv cxx. 47, 22. Add

un-feor

Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr. I.
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Ðá wæs þǽr unfeorr (náht feorr, v.l. non longe ] sum mynster, Gr. D. 103, 23. Add

wǽdling

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdling, (= wǽdl-ling ?), es; m.
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ic earn egens sum ego, Ps. Vos. 87, 16. v. (?) sedling

wearg-cweþan

(v.)
Grammar
wearg-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon

To curse

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Surt. 108, 28. Wergcweódon maledicebant, 61, 5. Wercweoðende maledicentes, 36, 22

Linked entry: wer-cweþan

grunian

(v.)
Grammar
grunian, p. ode

To make a loud noise, grunt

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To make a loud noise, grunt Swýn grunaþ sus grunnit, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 10

Linked entries: grunnian gryn

beámian

(v.)
Grammar
beámian, p. ede; pp. ed

To shine ⬩ to cast forth rays or beams like the sun ⬩ radiare

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To shine, to cast forth rays or beams like the sun; radiare, Som

Súþ-Peohtas

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Peohtas, -Pihtas; pl.
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The South Picts Súð-Pihtas (-Pyhtas, MS. E.), Chr. 565.; Erl. 18, 4

Linked entry: Peohtas

trépe

(n.)
Grammar
trépe, (?), trype (?), trýpe (?), es; m.
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Surt. 47, 18

un-cenned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cenned, adj.

Not begotten

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Surt. 120, 13

Linked entry: cennan

un-lúcan

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Sum heora mid hlǽddre wolde unlúcan ðæt ǽgðýrl, Hml. S. 32, 205. Add

and-lang

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Add Innan Lundene fenn; andlang súð on Temese, C. D. iii. 73, 21

cræftgast

most skilful

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most skilful sup. of cræftig. Bt. Met. Fox 30, 4; Met. 30, 2

ge-strician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strician, p. ede

To knit

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To knit Gestricedon netta hiora reficiebant retia sua, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 21

Linked entry: strician

hwistlung

(n.)
Grammar
hwistlung, e; f.

A hissing ⬩ WHISTLING ⬩ piping ⬩ music

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Suá suá mid líðre wisðlunga mon hors gestilleþ suá eác mid ðære illcan wistlunga mon mæg hund ástyrigean lenis sibilus equos mitigat, catulos instigat, Past. 23; Swt. 173, 21

sealm-sang

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add: a service at which psalms are sung, one of the seven canonical hours Sealmsonge sinaxis (cf. Professus sum monachus, et psallo omni die septem synaxes cum fratribus, Coll. M. 18, 31), Hpt. 33, 239, 18.

iá

(adv.)
Grammar
iá, adv.

Yea

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Eart ðú Esau mín sunu? And hé cwæþ : Iá leóf ic hit eom tu es filius meus Esau? Respondit : Ego sum, Gen. 27, 23.

lufiend-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lufiend-, lufigend-líc; adj.

Lovely ⬩ lovable ⬩ amiable

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Swíðe lufendlíce sind geteld ðín quam amabilia sunt tabernacula tua, Ps. Surt. 83, 2

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