Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hláford-swica

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-swica, an; m.

A betrayer of his lord, ⬩ a traitor to his lord

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Hér sind on earde on mistlíce wísan hláfordswican manige here in the land are in divers manners many traitors, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 88: 110, 176

for-oft

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Þá unrihtwísan déman beóð wyrsan þonne heregende here: here man mæg foroft befleón, ac þá déman man ne mæg befleón, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 23. Add

Linked entry: oft

horsian

(v.)
Grammar
horsian, p.ode

To horse, provide with horses

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To horse, provide with horses West Seaxe horsodon ðone here the people of Wessex provided the Danes with horses, Chr. 1015; Erl. 153, 1. Hé beád ðæt man sceolde his here metian and horsian, 1013; Erl. 148. 3: 1014; Erl. 151, 2

dryht

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Take here last two passages given under driht-ealdor in Dict

ge-cípan

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Take here ge-cépan and ge-cýpan in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: ge-ceápian ge-cýpan

hwirfere

(n.)
Grammar
hwirfere, a changer, an exchanger.
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Take here <b>hwerfere</b> in Dict

myrgan

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Take here mirgan, and add: [v. N. E. D. merry ; vb. ]

Linked entries: mirgan mirgan

on-ǽht

(n.)
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Perhaps on ǽhte should be read in the passage given here

steppa

(n.)
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Take here passage given at stæppa in which read steppan

ge-heorcnian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-hercnian</b> in Dict

Linked entry: heorcnian

ge-met

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-met, adj.
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Perhaps in the passages given here gemet is a noun used predicatively

geoguþ-lust

(n.)
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Take here <b>geogoþ-lust</b> in Dict

ge-scortian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-sceortian</b> in Dict

ge-sliht

(n.)
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Take here <b>ge-slyht</b> in Dict

gíming-lic

(adj.)
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Take here <b>gémung-lic</b> in Dict

gird-wíte

(n.)
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Take here <b>gyrd-wíte</b> in Dict

lǽw-finger

(n.)
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Take here <b>leáw-finger</b> in Dict

Linked entry: leáw-finger

íw-berige

(n.)
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Take here <b>eów-berige</b> in Dict

hwirf-lic

(adj.)
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Take here <b>hwerf-lic</b> in Dict

on-stæppan

(v.)
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Take here <b>on-steppan</b> in Dict

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