Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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burga

(n.)
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Bos. 11. 20: Salm. Kmbl. 613

eástre

(n.)
Grammar
eástre, an; n.

Easter, the feast of easter ⬩ pascha

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Bos. 22, I

ed-cenning

(n.)
Grammar
ed-cenning, e; f.

Regeneration ⬩ regenĕrātio

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Bos. 19, 28

eáhum

(n.)
Grammar
eáhum, with eyes; = eágum; pl. dat. or inst.
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Bod

ge-bún

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bún, pp. of ge-búan, q. v.

inhabited

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inhabited, Ors. 1, 1, § 13; Bos. 20, 2, 3, 7;

ge-numen

(v.; part.)

taken

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Bos. 24, 40, 41; pp. of ge-niman

æceren

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Æceren ne bóc glandes uel fagina, Chrd. 15, 10. Add

cneórys

(n.)

a generation

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Bos. 11, 29, 31, 32; 17, 25

a-sǽdon

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-sǽdon, p. of a-secgan.

said out ⬩ related ⬩ told

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said out, related, told,Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 33;

fleów

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fleów, pl. fleówon

flowed ⬩ issued

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Bos. 19, 34: Ps. Lamb. 77, 20;

for-scrufon

(v.)
Grammar
for-scrufon, p. pl. of for-sceorfan.

ate off

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ate off, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 17, = for-scurfon;

for-spyllan

(v.)

to lose

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Bos. 16, 25

fylde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fylde, pl. fyldon

filled

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Bos. 6, 13;

ge-meten

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-meten, part.

Measured, measured back or again ⬩ remensus

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Bos. 7, 2

byxen

(adj.)
Grammar
byxen, adj.
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Of box Sió bixne buxeus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 21

Linked entry: bixen

crǽwst

(v.)
Grammar
crǽwst, he crǽwþ crowest, crows
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Bos. 22, 34

for-gyfendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
for-gyfendlíc, -gyfenlíc; adj.

Forgiving ⬩ pardonable ⬩ tolerable ⬩ remissus

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Bos. 11. 22. Sodomwara lande byþ forgyfenlícreon dómes dæg, ðonne ðé terræ Sŏdŏmōrum remissius ĕrit in die jūdĭcii, quam tĭbi, Mt. Bos. 11. 24: Lk. Bos. 10, 14

éhtnes

(n.)
Grammar
éhtnes, éhtnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Persecution ⬩ persĕcutio

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Bos. 5, 10: Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 22: 1, 8; S. 479, 19, 21

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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[b] Burh-bót for keeping the burghs, or fortresses, in an efficient state of defence, [c] Fyrd a contribution for maintaining the military and naval force of the kingdom: Gif hwá Burh-bóte, oððe Brycg-bóte, oððe Fyrd-fare forsitte; gebáte mid hund-twelftigum

Linked entries: folc-lond FYRD bóc-land

be-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-delfan, p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon ; pp. -dolfen

To dig in or around ⬩ to bury ⬩ inter ⬩ circumfodere ⬩ sepelire

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Bos. 13, 8. Bedealf hyt on eorþan he buried it in the earth, Mt. Bos. 25, 18. Bedolfen, Elen. Kmbl. 2159; El. 1081

Linked entries: be-dielf be-dofen be-dolfen be-dulfon

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