Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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axode

(v.; part.)
Grammar
axode, p. of axian.

asked

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asked,Ors. 2, 5 ; Bos. 46, 43;

be-sæt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-sæt, be-sǽton p. of be-sittan.

besieged

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besieged, Ors. 1, 14 ; Bos. 37, 15;

byþ

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Bos. 5, 14

be-hlád

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-hlád, p. of be-hlídan

covered

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covered Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 6;

dígel-líce

(adv.)

secretly

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secretly, Ors. 6, 21; Bos. 123, 29

dúre-þínen

(n.)

a female door-keeper

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Bos. 18,6

díhlíce

(adv.)

secretly

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Bos. 1, 19: 24, 3

efyr

(n.)

a boar

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a boar, Ps. Spl. C. 79, 14

eofor-spreót

(n.)
Grammar
eofor-spreót, eofer-spreót, es;

A boar-spear ⬩ vēnābŭlum

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m, A boar-spear; vēnābŭlum, Cot. 200

Linked entries: eofer-spreót spreót

for-slagen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-slagen, pp. of for-sleán.

slain

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slain, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 10;

for-slóh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-slóh, p. of for-sleán.

slew

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slew, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 34;

for-wurdon

(v.)
Grammar
for-wurdon, p. pl. of for-weorþan.

perished

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perished, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 31;

bí-gyrdel

(n.)

a girdle, purse

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Bos. 10, 9

Linked entry: gyrdel

ge-drync

(n.)

drinking

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drinking, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 25

ge-fædred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fædred, part.

Fathered

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Fathered, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 19

Linked entry: -fædred

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

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