Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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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

dryht-né

(n.)

a dead body of a host

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a dead body of a host

Linked entry: neó

deóful

(n.)

the devil

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Bos. 13, 19

díhlum

in secret

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Bos. 6, 6

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

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]

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

lǽlan

(v.)

to be bruised

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Kemble and Grimm read líclǽlan spots [of blood] on the body, on the body, but cf. lǽlian

Linked entries: lǽl líc-lǽlan

cyne-gild

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It consisted of two parts, the wergild, which belonged to the kindred (mágas), and the cyne-bót, of like amount, which belonged to the people (leóde) For þám cynedóme gebirað óðer swilc tó bóte on cynegilde (cf. cynges gild, 180, 2), Ll.

be-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-byrgan, be-birgan; p. de; pp. ed

To bury ⬩ sepelire

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Bos. 27, 7 : Jn. Bos. 19, 40

Linked entries: be-birgan bi-byrgan

ge-samnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-samnung, -somnung, -samning, -somning, e; f.

A meeting, assembly, council, union, congregation, synagogue, church ⬩ conventus, conventio, concĭlium, congrĕgātio, sy̆năgōga, ecclēsia

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Bos. 4, 16. He lǽrde híg on hyra gesamnungum dŏcēbat eos in sy̆năgōgis eōrum, Mt. Bos. 13, 54: 23, 6: Mk. 1, 39: 12, 39: Lk. Bos. 4, 44: 11, 43: 20, 46. On gesamnunga in sy̆năgōgas, Lk. Bos. 21, 12. On gesamnunga háligra in ecclēsia sanctōrum, Ps.

Linked entries: ge-samning samnung ge-somning ge-somnung

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