Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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cynelec

(adj.)
Grammar
cynelec, adj.

Royal ⬩ regalis

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Royal; regalis In ðæm cynelecan túne in the royal town, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 21, col. 2

forþ-aurnen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
forþ-aurnen, part.

Run forth ⬩ elapsed ⬩ elapsus

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Run forth, elapsed; elapsus Nalæs micelre tíde forþaurnenre non multo elapso tempŏre, Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 37

gæt

(n.)
Grammar
gæt, es; n.

A gate

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A gate Æt ðam gæte ad ostium, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 17 : Mt. Lind. Stv. 7, 13

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)

to humiliate ⬩ submit one's self ⬩ condescend ⬩ vouchsafe ⬩ deign

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to humiliate, submit one's self, condescend, vouchsafe, deign, Mt. Bos. 8, 2 : Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 9

Linked entries: ge-eádmédan eáþ-médan

heald-nes

(n.)
Grammar
heald-nes, -ness, e; f.
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Holding, keeping, observance Ealles mǽst ymb eástrena healdnyssa maxime in Pascha observando, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7

hóring

(n.)
Grammar
hóring, es; m.
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An adulterer, fornicator Hér sindon miltestran and bearnmyrðran and fúle forlegene hóringas, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 181

lǽd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lǽd-ness, e; f.

production

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A bringing forth, production On ðæs tuddres lǽdnysse in prolis prolatione, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 21 note

ge-smyltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smyltan, p. te; pp. ed [smylt serene]
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To appease, quiet; plācāre He ðone aþundenan sǽ gesmylte tŭmĭda æquŏra plācāvit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 8

Linked entry: smyltan

út-wǽpnedmann

(n.)
Grammar
út-wǽpnedmann, es; n.
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A stranger, outsider Hí útwǽpnedmonna freóndscipes ceápiaþ externorum sibi virorum amicitiam comparent, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 18

Linked entry: wǽpned-mann

ber-winde

(n.)
Grammar
ber-winde, an; f.

Bearbine

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Bearbine (-bind, v. N. E. D. D. D. s. vv. ) ber*-*winde umbilicum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 57

firwet

Grammar
firwet, l. firwit (fer-, feor-, fær-, fyr-, fyrt-, -wet),
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Módes fyrwet mentis ardor, Hy. S. 14, 30. Ferwyt, 10, 16. take here fyrwet in Dict., and add

ge-hoferod

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Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod, and ðearle gebíged þnrh ðone brádan hofor, Hml. S. 21, 95. Add

ge-módod

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Gezabel wæs hetelíce gemódod (bloody-minded) ; seó tihte hyre wer tó ǽlcere wælhreównysse, Hml. S. 18, 50. Add

íþ-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-rǽde, adj. Easy to guess (v. rædan; <b>VI a.</b>)
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Cunna mage þú árǽdan hwæt þis mage beón. Ic wéne þæt hit nis éðrǽde, E. S. xxxvi. 326

more

Grammar
more, moru.
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Hé leofode on wǽstene be wyrta morum lange, Hml. S. 31, 195. [v. N. E. D. more.] Add: —

of-féran

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Þá fleáh Iúdéa cyning . . . ac Hieu hine offérde and him his feorh benam, Hml. S. 18, 339. Add

sáwlian

(v.)
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Hé hét feccan ǽnne hwer and hine þǽron seóðan, oð ꝥ hé sáwlode, Hml. S. 25, 118. Add

sceaþian

(v.)
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Add: — God mundað þá stówe, and þá slihð and gescynt þe þǽr sceaþian willað, Hml. S. 25, 805

scrudnian

(v.)
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Man scrutnode (strutnode, MS.) on ǽlcere stówe þǽr man hí ǽfre geáxian cúðe, Hml. S. 23, 268. Add

sin-gréne

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gréne, adj.
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Ever-green Ne fealð þǽr nǽfre leáf of, ac á hé bið singréne, E. S. viii. 477, 15

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