Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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fiscere

(n.)
Grammar
fiscere, es; m.

A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo

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Bos. 4, 18: Mk. Bos. 1, 16. Ðæra Terfinna land wæs eall wéste, bútan ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oððe fisceras, oððe fugeleras the land of the Terfinns was all waste, save where the hunters, fishers or fowlers encamped, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 9.

a-léd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-léd, pp. of a-lecgan.

put ⬩ laid

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Bos. 2, 16;

bysmerung

(n.)
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Bos. 3, 28

be-gytan

(v.)

to obtain

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Bos. 5, 7

deóful

(n.)

the devil

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Bos. 13, 19

díhlum

in secret

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Bos. 6, 6

eoforen

(adj.)
Grammar
eoforen, adj.

Belonging to a boar ⬩ aprīnus

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Belonging to a boar; aprīnus. Som

eðel-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
eðel-boren, adj.

Noble-born ⬩ nōbĭlis natu

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Noble-born; nōbĭlis natu, Prov. 31

fefor

(n.)

a fever

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Bos. 8, 15

fór-arn

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fór-arn, p. of fór-yrnan.

ran before

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Bos. 20, 4;

for-scruncon

(v.)
Grammar
for-scruncon, p. pl. of for-scrincan.

dried up

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Bos. 13, 6;

for-sworcen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-sworcen, pp. of for-sweorcan.

darkened ⬩ obscured

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Bos. 24, 29;

be-scirian

(v.)

to deprive

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Bos. 16, 4

Linked entry: be-sciered

blyssian

(v.)

to rejoice

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Bos. 15, 9

ge-edcenned

(adj.; part.)

regenerated ⬩ regeneratus

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Bos. 3, 5

ge-bróðor

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bróðor, -bróðer, -bróðra, -bróðru, -bróðro

brethren ⬩ fratres conjuncti

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Ða gebróðer begen ætsamne the brothers both together, Chr. 937; Th. 206, 17, col. 1; Æðelst. 57. Wyt sind gebróðra we two are brethren; nos duo fratres sŭmus. Gen. 13, 8. Gé synt ealle gebrððru omnes vos fratres estis, Mt. Bos. 23, 8: Mk.

Linked entry: BRÓÐOR

blód-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
blód-ryne, es; m. [ryne a running, course]

A running of blood, an issue ⬩ sanguinis fluxus

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Bos. 9, 20. On blódryne in fluxu sanguinis, Lk. Bos. 8, 43

Linked entry: ryne

ge-býgean

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býgean, -bígean; v. trans.

To bow ⬩ bend ⬩ turn ⬩ bow down ⬩ subdue ⬩ crush

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To bow, bend, turn, bow down, subdue, crush Ðú miht leon and dracan liste gebýgean conculcabis leonem et draconem, Ps. Th. 90, 13. Gebígean to synnum adigere ad peccata, Alb. resp. 68 [Lye]

ǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽr, eár, ér; sup. ǽrost, ǽrest, ǽrst; adv.

ERE ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ earlier ⬩ formerly ⬩ already ⬩ some time ago ⬩ lately ⬩ just now ⬩ till ⬩ until ⬩ antea ⬩ prius ⬩ mane ⬩ mature ⬩ dudum

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Bos. 5, 24. He wæs ǽr ðonne ic ille erat prius quam ego, Jn. Bos. 1, 15, 30. Ǽr on morgen early in the morning, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 10; Sat. 515: Ps. Th. 18, 5: Ex. 12, 22. Nóht micle ǽr non multo ante, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 21.

Linked entries: ǽrest ǽring ǽron ǽror ǽrost ǽrst ér

for-spillednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
for-spillednes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [forspilled, pp. of forspillan to spill; -nes, -ness]

A spilling ⬩ waste ⬩ perdition ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdĭtio

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Bos. 14, 4. Ne forwearþ hyra nán, búton forspillednysse beam nēmo ex eis pĕriit, nĭsi fīlius perdĭtiōnis. Jn. Bos. 17, 12. Se weg is swíðe rúm ðe to forspillednesse gelǽt spatiōsa via est, quæ dūcit ad perdĭtiōnem. Mt. Bos. 7, 13

Linked entry: for-spillendnes

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