Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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áþe-gehát

(n.)

an oath

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an oath, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57,119; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

cara

(n.)
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care, Ælfc. Gl. 89; Som. 74, 96; Wrt. Voc. 51, 9

cénlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
cénlíce, adv.

Keenly, boldly, courageously, notably ⬩ animose, audacter, insigniter,

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Keenly, boldly, courageously, notably; animose, audacter, insigniter, Ælfc. T. 15, 17

clǽn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽn-líce, adv.

Purely, cleanly ⬩ puré

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Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 25

beggen

(pronoun.)
Grammar
beggen, nom. m.= begen.

both

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Ælf. P. 35; Th. ii. 378, 13, 15, 16

flód-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
flód-líc, adj.

FLOODLIKE ⬩ flŭviālis

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FLOODLIKE; flŭviālis Flódlíc flŭviālis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 36

full-sóþ

(adv.)

full sooth ⬩ most truly

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Ælf. C. 6; Lambd. 128, 29

Lundenisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Lundenisc, adj.
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Belonging to London Lundenisc Lundoniensis, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 28

mǽl-dropiende

(adj.)

phlegmatic ⬩ flegmaticus

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phlegmatic; flegmaticus, Ælfc. Gl. 77; Som. 72, 13; Wrt. 45, 47

méce-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
méce-fisc, es; m.

A mullet

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A mullet Méce-(mǽce-)fisc mugil, Ælfc. Gl. Zup, 308, 5

Linked entry: mǽce-fisc

Món-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Món-dæg, es; m.

Monday

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Monday Ǽlce Móndaege, L. R. 8. 3; Th. i. 432, 21

Linked entry: Mónan-dæg

grínu

(adj.)
Grammar
grínu, adj.
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Avidius, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 85; Wrt. Voc. 46, 42

birigh-man

(n.)

a city officer ⬩ ædilis

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a city officer; ædilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 29

ge-gador-wist

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gador-wist, e; f.

An assembly for feasting ⬩ contubernium

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An assembly for feasting; contubernium, Ælfc. Gl. 93; Som. 75, 87

þrifildan

(v.)
Grammar
þrifildan, p. de

To triple

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To triple Ic þryfylde triplico, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 287, 4

þri-heáfdede

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-heáfdede, adj.

Three-headed

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Three-headed Þryheáfdede triceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 11

ǽstel

Grammar
ǽstel, l.
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Voc. i. 81, 23 : Ælfc. Gr. Z. 31, 9

witodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
witodlíce, <b>. II.</b>
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Witodlíce ic wylle utique uolo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 263, 17. Add

á-efesian

(v.)
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to shear Ic of áefesige detondeo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 157, 16

hád-swǽpa

(n.)

pronuba

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pronuba, Ælfc. Gl. 93; Som. 75, 79; Wrt. Voc. 52, 29

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