Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hréða

(n.)
Grammar
hréða, an; m.

melotes

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A garment made of goat's skin; melotes, Cot. 133, Lye. ]

Linked entry: hrǽða

hymele

(n.)
Grammar
hymele, an; f.

The hop plant ⬩ humulus lupulus

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The hop plant; humulus lupulus, Lchdm. ii. 392, col. 2

mór-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
mór-seáþ, es; m.

A boggy ⬩ marshy pit

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A boggy, marshy pit, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 13

pistol-rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
pistol-rǽdere, es; m.
Entry preview:

Conc. 5

Linked entry: under-diácon

ge-bósmed

(part.)
Grammar
ge-bósmed, part. [ge-, bósum, bósm the bosom; sĭnus]

Bosomed ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ sĭnuātus

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Bosomed, bent, crooked; sĭnuātus Gebósmed segelbósmas sinuāta carbăsa, Cot. 185

Linked entry: ge-bésmed

ge-bræcseóc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bræcseóc, -bræcsióc; adj. [ge-, bræcseóc epileptic, lunatic]

Epileptic ⬩ lunatic ⬩ epileptĭcus ⬩ ἐπιληπτικός ⬩ lunātĭcus

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Epileptic, lunatic; epileptĭcus = ἐπιληπτικός, lunātĭcus Gebræcsióce epileptĭci, comĭtiāles, Cot. 46

Linked entries: gebrec-drenc ge-brocseóc

gebrec-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
gebrec-drenc, es; m.

A drink f or epilepsy ⬩ epilepticus pōtus ⬩ arteriaca?

Entry preview:

Cot. 14

Linked entry: drenc

geoc-stecca

(n.)
Grammar
geoc-stecca, -sticca, an; m.

A bolt of a door, a bar ⬩ obex

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A bolt of a door, a bar; obex, Cot. 145

wróht-hangra

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-hangra, (?)
Entry preview:

On wróhthangran ; of wróhthangran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 120, 12

Linked entry: hangra

hús-heofon

Entry preview:

For ' Cot. 119, Lye' substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 58

on-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
on-wemme, adj.
Entry preview:

Without blemish Heorte onwemme cor inmaculatum, Ps. Vos. 118, 80

wræt-baso

(adj.)
Grammar
wræt-baso, adj.
Entry preview:

H. 20, 19 (col. 2)

Linked entry: baso

Bregent-ford

(n.)

Brentford in Middlesex

Entry preview:

Brentford in Middlesex, Chr. 1016; Th. 280, 28, col. 1

Brittisc

(adj.)

British

Entry preview:

Erl. 3, 3; Th. 3, 5, col. 2

Bryton-land

(n.)
Grammar
Bryton-land, es; n.

British land, Britain

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British land, Britain,Chr. 979; Th. 233, 7, col. 1

ge-wifsǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wifsǽlig, adj.

Fortunate ⬩ fato ⬩ fortuna felix

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Fortunate; fato vel fortuna felix, Cot. 88, 194, 196, Lye

bytne

(n.)

the keel or bottom of a ship ⬩ carina

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the keel or bottom of a ship; carina, Cot. 32

Linked entry: byþne

carl-fugel

(n.)
Grammar
carl-fugel, es; m.

A male or cock bird ⬩ mas avis

Entry preview:

A male or cock bird; mas avis, Som. Ben. Lye

Wiht-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Wiht-ware, pl. m.

The people of the Isle of Wight

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.), Chr. 449; Th. i. 20, col. I. Hé bróhte Wiht-warum (-an, v. l.) fulwiht ǽrest, 661; Th. i. 54, col. I. v. preceding word

ge-weldan

(v.)

to rule ⬩ restrain ⬩ regere ⬩ cohibere

Entry preview:

Cot.] mǽge to his willan gewealdan [geweldan, MS. Cot.] so that he then cannot restrain it according to his will, Past. 17, 8; Swt. 119, 17; Hat. MS. 24 a, 6

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