Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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brýme

(adj.)

famous

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famous, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 30

ge-sýclian

(v.)

to be infirm,

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Bos. 4, 46

háls

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In l. after 'forgeaf' add: gefreóde and gefreoðade folc under wolcnum, and at end: v. mund-heáls: <b>háls-bóc</b>. v. heáls-bóc: <b>halscod</b>

brice

(n.)
Grammar
brice, bryce, es; m. [from briceþ, brycþ, pres. of brecan to break ]

A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breach ⬩ fractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio

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Bos. 24, 35. We witon ful georne, ðæt to miclan bryce sceal micel bót nýde id compertum est nobis, immanis ubi facta est ruptura, ibi opus esse, ut large resarciatur, Lupi Serm. i. 3; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 30.

Linked entry: bryce

FISC

(n.)
Grammar
FISC, es; pl. nom. acc. fiscas, fixas, fisceas; gen. fisca, fixa; dat. fiscum, fixum; m.

A FISH ⬩ piscis

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Bos. 5, 6: Mt. Bos. 15, 34: Mk. Bos. 6, 43: 8, 7. Hí geféngon þreó hund fixa missenlícra cynna they caught three hundred fishes of diverse kinds, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 1.

Linked entry: fen-fixas

ge-sceót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceót, es; n.

shooting, hurling ⬩ rapid movement as of anything shot

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Similar entries v. gesceot ge mid stána torfungum both with shootings and flingings of stones, Ors. 3, 9: Bos, 68, 19. rapid movement as of anything shot Ða wǽmna flugon mid swiftum gesceóte on heora fínd the weapons flew with swift movement on to their

ENGEL

(n.)
Grammar
ENGEL, ængel, angel, engyl; gen. engles; dat. engle; pl. nom. acc. englas, engel; gen. engla; dat. englum; m. An ANGEL, a messenger; angelus = ἄγγελος
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Bos. 2, 10: 1, 13 : Mt. Bos. 28, 5 : Gen. 22, 12. Godes engel stód on emn hí the angel of God stood before them, Homl. Th. i. 30, 15, 17: Mt. Bos. 1, 20, 24: Jn. Bos. 5, 4. Ðæt mæg engel ðín eáþ geferan that thine angel may more easily travel. Andr.

Linked entries: ængel Angel angel Angle englas engyl

DUMB

(adj.)
Grammar
DUMB, def. se dumba, seó, ðæt dumbe; adj.

DUMB, speechless, mute ⬩ mūtus, e-linguis

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Bos. 9. 33: Lk. Bos, 11, 14. Dumbes elinguis, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 143, 1. Híg brohton him dumbne man obtŭlērunt ei hŏmĭnem mūtum, Mt. Bos. 9, 32: Mk. Bos. 9, 17: Ex. 4, 11.

æftyr

after ⬩ according to ⬩ secundum

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Bos. 9, 29

áðer

(pronoun.)

either ⬩ alter

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either; alter, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 11

aweg-animan

(v.)

to take away ⬩ sufferre

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Bos. 20, 1

aweg-awyltan

(v.)

to roll away ⬩ revolvere

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Bos. 16, 4

be-sanc

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-sanc, p. of be-sincan.

sank ⬩ submersit

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sank; submersit, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 75. 32;

cwylmende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwylmende, cwilmende; part.

Tormenting ⬩ crucians

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Tormenting; crucians Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 25

Egypte

(n.)
Grammar
Egypte, pl. m.

The Egyptians

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The Egyptians, Ors. l, 7; Bos. 30, 21

Linked entry: Ægypte

ehta

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
ehta, eight: — Ehta dagas gefyllede wǽron

consummāti sunt dies octo

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Bos. 2, 21

for-stæl

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-stæl, pl. -stǽlon

stole

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Bos. 28, 13:

gáþ

Grammar
gáþ, pl. pres. indic. and impert. of gán.

go

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Bos. 9, 13;

ge-cwed-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwed-rǽden, ne; f.

An agreement

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An agreement, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 111, 23

ge-dréfedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dréfedlíc, adj.

Troublesome ⬩ turbulentus

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Troublesome; turbulentus, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 4

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