Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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æx

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Cnocie man þá bán mid æxse ýre, Lch. iii. 14, 12. Add

ge-grétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grétan, he -grét, pl. -grétaþ; p. -grétte, pl. -grétton; pp. -gréted

To approach ⬩ come to ⬩ address ⬩ greet ⬩ welcome ⬩ adire ⬩ alloqui ⬩ salutare

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Ðæt we mágon úre frýnd geseón and úre siblingas gegrétan that we may see our friends and greet our kinsmen, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 33. Man tǽleþ and mid yfle gegréteþ ða ðe riht lufiaþ men blame and insult those that love right, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 164

FARAN

(v.)
Grammar
FARAN, to farenne; ic fare, ðú farest, færest, færst, færsþ, he fareþ, færeþ, færþ, pl. faraþ; p. fór, pl. fóron; pp.

A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence ⬩ to go, proceed, travel, march, sail ⬩ īre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre ⬩ FARE, happen, to be in any state ⬩ versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo

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Hú mæg se man wel faran how can the man fare well? Ælfc. T. 40, 3

Linked entries: færan feran

wildan

(v.)
Grammar
wildan, p. de.

to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ to make submissive ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ rule ⬩ control ⬩ to take into one's power ⬩ to seize

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Spl. 18, 14. to take into one's power, to seize Ne dýde man on Sunnandæges freólse ǽnigne forwyrhtne man . . . ac wylde (wylde man hine, v. l. ; the old Latin version has capiatur) and healde, ðæt se freólsdæg ágán sý, L. C.

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, p. de

protract ⬩ delay ⬩ extend ⬩ lengthen

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To make or to become long, protract, delay, extend, lengthen Lengeþ, Exon. 107 b: Th. 411, 6; Rä. 29, 8. Ðá lengde hit man swá lange it was so long delayed, Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 10.

Linked entry: langian

un-biscopod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-biscopod, un-bisceopod; adj.

Unconfirmed

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Ne nǽnne man man ne lǽte unbisceopod tó lange ... And witan ða ðe cildes onfón æt fulluhte oððe æt bisceopes handum, ðæt hí hit on rihtum geleáfan gebringan, 300, 16-30

Linked entry: an-biscopod

brægde

(adj.)
Grammar
brægde, (?), bregde; adj.

Fraudulent

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Fraudulent, done with fraud Ús ne þincþ nán riht ꝥ ǽnig man ágnian sceole þǽr gewitnysse bið, and man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregde (bregden, brygde (or dat.? v. brygd) v. ll.) bið (that the matter is conducted with fraud ), Ll. Th. 1. 390, 13

Linked entries: brygd brægden

ge-metan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metan, to paint, l. ge-métan
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Þonne man on brede hine beón gemétne gesihð when a man in a dream sees himself painted on a board, Lch. iii. 206, 18. Gemétum tepedum tapetibus pictis, Kent. Gl. 200

sac

(adj.)
Grammar
sac, (sæc?); adj.

Accused, charged, guilty

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Accused, charged, guilty Swerian ðæt hig nellan nǽnne sacleásan man forsecgean ne nǽnne sacne forhelan let them swear that they will not bring a charge against an innocent man, nor conceal one who is justly charged, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 5

weg-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
weg-reáf, es; n.

Booty taken on the high road, robbery done on a road

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Gif man ðone man ofslæhð, .xx. scillingum gebéte, L. Ethb. 19, 20; Th. i. 8, 1-2. Ðeówæs wegreáf sé . iii. scillingas, 89; Th. i. 24, 16

FREÓLS

(n.)
Grammar
FREÓLS, es; m. sometimes, but rarely, n.

freedom ⬩ immunity ⬩ privilege ⬩ lībertas ⬩ immūnĭtas ⬩ privĭlēgium ⬩ a time of freedom ⬩ a holy day ⬩ feast ⬩ festival ⬩ the celebration of a festival ⬩ festum ⬩ festi celebratio

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Gif man his mæn an wiofode freóls gefe, se síe folcfrý if any one give freedom to his man at the altar, let him be folk-free, L. Win. 8; Th. i. 38, 15: Cod. Dipl. 925; Kmbl. iv. 263, 27.

Linked entries: friólsend heals

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARD ⬩ barba

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Gif he hine gebinde, and ðonne to preoste bescire, mid LX scillinga gebéte if a man shave off the beard, let him make amends [boot] with xx shillings. If he bind him, and then shave him like a priest, let him make amends [boot] with lx shillings, L.

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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make compensation with twelve shillings, L.

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm

folc-biorn

(n.)
Grammar
folc-biorn, es; m.

A popular man ⬩ pŏpŭlāris vir

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A popular man; pŏpŭlāris vir Folc-biorn, Beo. Th. 4444; B. 2221

Linked entry: folc-beorn

un-byrged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-byrged, adj.

Unburied

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Unburied Se cásere bebeád ðæt hine man forléte unbyrgedne, Shrn. 57, 1

Linked entry: byrgan

Bulgarisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Bulgarisc, adj.
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Bulgarian Bulgarisc man, Gr. D. 300, 21, 23. v. Pulgare in Dict

Linked entry: Pulgarisc

meox-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
meox-scofl, e; f.
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A dung-shovel Man sceal habban . . . ofurace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 3

unrihthǽmed-fremere

(n.)
Grammar
unrihthǽmed-fremere, es; m.
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An adulterer, a fornicator man þe . . . beóþ oferdrinceras and unrihthǽmedfremeras, Nap. 66

were-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
were-wulf, wer-wulf. v. wer, were
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a man ; for double forms (were-, wer-) cf. wer-gild, were-gild

freó-wíf

(n.)
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Cf. freó-man

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