Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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borg

(n.)

a surety or pledge

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Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 8

Linked entry: byrgea

eall-godwebben

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-godwebben, adj.
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All of silk Ealgodwebnum elosericis (l. olo- ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 70

Linked entry: god-webben

eorþ-cyn

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For 'each terrestrial species' substitute 'all that lives on earth,' and add:

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, consider ⬩ recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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Gif hí ða geearnunga ealle gemundon if they had remembered all the benefits, Byrht. Th. 137, 35. Ne biþ gemunen non memoretur, Ps. Spl. 82, 4

Linked entries: ge-mýste ge-mon ge-monan ge-mynan

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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a son Mín se gecorena sunu (sune, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 3, 17. Sum man hæfde twegen suna (suno, Lind. Rush.) . . . ealle his þing gegaderude se gingra sunu (suno, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 15, 11, 13. Sunu Healfdenes, Beo. Th 1294; B. 645. Féng tó Beornica ríce Æþelfriþes

Linked entry: suna

þun-wang

(n.)
Grammar
þun-wang, e; -wange, -wenge, an; f. (and n.? Wange, wenge are both found neuter, though also the plurals wangas, wangan occur)

A temple

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A temple Þunwang timpus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 50. Þunwange tempus, 64, 32. Þunwencge (-wenge, -wange) timpus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 59, 5: 298, 2. Gif ic on þunwange gereste si dedero requiem temporibus meis, Ps. Th. 131, 4. Bufan his þunwengan supra tempus

Linked entry: wang

irmen-þeóde

(n.)
Grammar
irmen-þeóde, pl.
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Sax. ik allun skal irmin-thiodun dómós adélian I shall judge all the nations of the world, Hel. 3316.]

eala

(n.)

ale

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ale Eala cervĭsia, celia, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 106; Wrt. Voc. 27, 35

eall-wealda

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-wealda, adj.

All-ruling, almighty ⬩ omnĭpŏtens

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All-ruling, almighty; omnĭpŏtens Eallwealdan Gode to almighty God, Andr. Recd. 414; An. 205

be-scyran

(v.)

to shave

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Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 7, 9, MSS. B. H

Linked entry: be-scyre

ge-hínan

(v.)

to oppress

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Alf. 35; Th. i. 52, 23, note 64

Linked entries: ge-hénan ge-hýnan ge-hýnan

clerc-hád

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Clerocháde cleratis (ab clericatus gradu discedens, Ald. 51, 1), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 5: 18, 43. Ceólwulf cining féng tó Petres scære (tó clericháde, v. l. ). Chr. 737; P. 45, 20

ánunga

(adv.)
Grammar
ánunga, adv.

Entirely ⬩ necessarily ⬩ by all means ⬩ plane ⬩ prorsus ⬩ omnino

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Entirely, necessarily, by all means; plane, prorsus, omnino, Beo. Th. 1272; B. 634

edor-brice

(n.)
Grammar
edor-brice, -bryce

a fence-breaking

Entry preview:

Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 10, note 25

fædren-cnósl

(n.)

father

Entry preview:

Alf. pol. 96; Th. i. 68, 2

Eal-walda

(n.)
Grammar
Eal-walda, an; m.

All-ruler, the Almighty ⬩ omnium rector

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All-ruler, the Almighty; omnium rector, Cd. 14; Th. 16, 20; Gen. 246

bóc-land

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-land, -lond, es; n.

BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility, and denominated allodialis, which we now call freehold ⬩ ex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris

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BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines.

Linked entry: bóc-æceras

ealu-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-gafol, es; n. [gafol tax, tribute]

Tribute or excise paid for ale ⬩ cervĭsiæ trĭbutum

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Tribute or excise paid for ale; cervĭsiæ trĭbutum On sumen lande gebúr sceal syllan hunig-gafol, on suman mete-gafol, on suman ealu-gafol in one place a boor shall give honey-tribute, in another meat-tribute, in another ale-tribute, L. R.

eall-writen

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-writen, adj.
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All written with one's own hand Eallwritene yrfebéc olographum testamentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 39

hlóþ-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
hlóþ-sliht, es; m.

Slaying by a member of a 'hlóþ'

Entry preview:

Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 5

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