Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hrægel-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel-gewǽde, es; n.

Dress ⬩ clothes

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Dress, clothes, Cot. 118, Lye

hring-seta

(n.)

circenses ludi

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circenses ludi, Cot. 43, Lye

be-þwyr

(adj.)
Grammar
be-þwyr, adj. [be, þwir wicked]

Perverse, depraved ⬩ depravatus

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Perverse, depraved; depravatus,Cot. 63

biótian

(v.)

to threaten ⬩ intentare

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to threaten; intentare,Cot. 108

ge-benn

(n.)
Grammar
ge-benn, es; n.

A command ⬩ edict

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A command, edict, Cot. 79

ge-gafelod

(v.)

confiscated ⬩ infiscatus

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confiscated; infiscatus, Cot. 108, 194

ge-hylmd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hylmd, -hylmed; adj.

Galeatus ⬩ Frondosus

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Galeatus, Cot. 97. Frondosus, 89

geótende

(adj.)

arteries, veins ⬩ arteriæ

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arteries, veins; arteriæ, Cot. 8

ge-nídde

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nídde,
  • Ps. Vos. 58, 14
: ge-níded

compelled ⬩ coactus

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compelled; coactus, Cot. 59: 106

hæplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
hæplíc, adj.

Equal ⬩ compar

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Equal; compar Cot. 35, Lye

ge-þræc

(n.)

apparatus ⬩ adjutorium

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apparatus, adjutorium, Cot. 1, Lye

hlúd-stefn

(adj.)
Grammar
hlúd-stefn, -stemn; adj.

Loud-voiced,

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Loud-voiced, Cot. 105, Lye

ge-wife

(n.)

fortune ⬩ destiny ⬩ fatum

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fortune, destiny; fatum, Cot. 88

gínan

(v.)
Grammar
gínan, ic géne, ðú gínest, gínst, he gíneþ, gínþ, pl. gínaþ; p. gán, pl. ginon; pp. ginen

To yawn ⬩ hiare

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To yawn; hiare, Cot. 23

Linked entry: génan

gríg-hund

(n.)
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a greyhound, Cot. 173, Lye

Linked entries: grei-hund hund

byffan

(v.)

to mutter ⬩ mutire

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to mutter; mutire, Cot. 154

Linked entry: a-byffan

roð-hund

(n.)
Grammar
roð-hund, es; m.

A large dog ⬩ molossus ⬩ blood-hound and band-dog

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Voc. i. 177, 15 :187, col. 2. ] Roðhund molosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 24 : 56, 41 : i. 288, 27. Rothundas molosos, ii.91, 9. Hroð-hund inutilis canis, i.23, 36

Linked entries: hroð-hund ryðða

sneówan

(v.)
Grammar
sneówan, p. sneáw (?), sneówde (?)

To proceed, go, come, hasten ⬩ to go, come ⬩ sudden

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To proceed, go, come, hasten On brim sneóweþ snel under segle Andr. Kmbl. 1008; An. 504. Mid ǽrdæge eástan sneóweþ (snoweþ, MS.) wlitig and wynsum (of the sun) Exon. Th. 350, 12; Sch. 62. Ðá com beácna bearhtost (the sun) ofer breomo sneówan Andr.

Æðeréd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðeréd, es; m.
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The name of a king and a Mercian nobleman.Chr. 867; Th. 130, 22, cols, 1, 2, 3; Th. 131, 22, cols. 1, 3: Chr. 912; Erl. 100, 30

ne

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ne, The word often occurs with other negatives.

Not ⬩ non ⬩ ne ⬩ no ⬩ nay ⬩ Nor ⬩ neither ⬩ ne ⬩ neque ⬩ nec

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Grammar ne, conj. Nor, neither; ne, neque, nec Ne tunge ne handa oððe eágan syngion ne lingua nec manus oculive peccent, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 45. 47. Ne ic ne herige ne ic ne tǽle nec laudo, nec vitupero, 45, 49.

Linked entry: næ

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