Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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for-wenedness

(n.)
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glosses insolentia Forwenednessa insolentiam, Nap. 25. v. preceding word

Linked entry: -wenedness

ge-fædera

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For 'godfather,' l. 2 substitute 'gossip.' v. next word

ofer-trúwa

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See next word. Add

on-cígung

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In 1. 2 dele '114, 3'; see previous word

wudu-byrþra

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-byrþra, an; m.
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A bearer of wood Wudubyrþran calones, An. Ox. 869

Linked entry: byrþra

gúþ-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-wudu, a; m.

War-wood ⬩ a spear

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War-wood, a spear, Fins. Th. 11; Fin. 6

steóp-

(prefix)
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It is a common Teutonic word

hǽð-stapa

(n.)
Grammar
hǽð-stapa, an; m.

A heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country

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Wulf hár hǽðstapa the wolf, the grey wanderer of the heath, Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 6 : Vy. 13

a-bítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bítan, ic -bíte, ðú -bítest, -bítst, he -bíteþ, -bit, pl. -bítaþ; p. -bát, pl. -biton; pp. -biten; v. a.

To bite ⬩ eat ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ mordere ⬩ arrodere ⬩ mordendo necare ⬩ comedere ⬩ devorare

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Ðæt se wód-freca were-wulf tó fela ne abíte of godcundre heorde that the ferocious man-wolf devour not too many of the spiritual flock, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 31. Míne scép sind abitene my sheep are devoured. Homl. Th. i. 242, 10.

Linked entry: a-bát

scín

(n.)
Grammar
scín, scinn, es; n.
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Ðam deófle wiðstandan ðonne hé his wód scinn (wóde scín, MS. H.) tóbrædeþ to oppose the devil, when he spreads abroad his mad spirits (?), Wulfst. 80, 4. Cf.

Linked entries: scinn scinna sunn-scín scýn

bearowe

(n.)

in a wood

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in a wood, Menol. Fox. 496; Gn. C. 18

stearc-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc-heard, adj.
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Violent, unrestrained Stearcheard wóp durus fletus, Dóm. L. 200

wiþer-cwedung

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cwedung, e; f.

Gainsaying

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Gainsaying Word wyþercwedunga verba praecipitationis, Ps. Spl. 51, 4

Linked entry: cwedung

ge-nápan

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This word, as regards form and meaning, is uncertain

ge-rádnes

(n.)
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The word is not found in the printed vocabularies

sweord-wegende

(adj.)
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The word glosses gladiantes

sealf-lǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
sealf-lǽcung, , e; f.
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Voc. i. 20, 27. v. preceding word

Linked entry: lǽcung

tǽl-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tǽl-líc, adj.

Blasphemous

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Blasphemous Tǽllíce word blasphemiae, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 19, MS. A

wudu-gehæg

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For 'An enclosed wood' substitute: Woodland pasture. Cf. gehæg-holt

ge-twinness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-twinness, e; f.
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Pairing, joining of two identical things, in grammar, repetition of a word Epizeuxis, on lýden super-conjunctio, on englisc getwynnys, þonne man cwyð twá gelíce word on ánum verse, swá swá ys þis consolamini, consolamini, Angl. viii. 331, 35

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