Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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be-byrigean

(v.)

to bury

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Bos. 8, 21, 22 : Bd. 4, 11; S. 580; 3

bysmer-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
bysmer-spæc, e; f.
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Bos. 10, 33

byst

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Bos. l, 76: Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 12

ehteoða

(num.)
Grammar
ehteoða, ehteða

eighth

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Bos. 1, 59

ge-wistian

(v.)

to feast

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Bos. 12, 19

Linked entry: -wistian

gewist-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
gewist-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To feast ⬩ epulari

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Bos. 15, 24

be-scofen

(v.; part.)

thrust off, precipitated

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Bos. 5, 13.; Similar entries pp. of be-scúfan

EÁGE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁGE, ége; gen. dat. -an; acc. -e; pl. nom. acc. -an, -on; gen. -ena, -na; dat. -um, -on; n.

EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen

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Bos. 19, 24: Lk. Bos. 18, 25

Linked entry: ége

azíma

(n.)
Grammar
azíma, orum; pl. n.

Unleavened ⬩ infermentata ⬩ azyma

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Bos. 22, 1. Se dæg azímorum dies azýmorum; ή ήμέρα τών άζύμων, Lk. Bos. 22, 7

FEÁWA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.

FEW ⬩ pauci

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Bos. 7, 14: Lk. Bos. 13, 23. Feáwa synt gecorene pauci sunt electi, Mt. Bos. 20, 16: 22, 14.

Linked entry: feá

á-pinsian

(v.)
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Mid willan sýfernysse bót byð ápinsud (pensatur), Scint. 42, 17. Add:

Linked entry: pinsian

a-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þencan, -þencean ; p. -þohte ; pp. -þoht.

to think out ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ excogitare ⬩ to think ⬩ intend ⬩ cogitare ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle

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ána aþohte to gefremmanne he thought this bold work to perform alone, Beo.

Linked entries: a-þohte a-þoht

DWELIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DWELIAN, dweligan, dweoligan, dwalian, dwolian, dwoligan; part. dweliende, dweligende; ic dwelige, ðú dwelast, he dwelaþ, pl. dweliaþ, dweligaþ, dweligeaþ; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

To be led into error, err ⬩ in errōrem dūci, errāre ⬩ To lead into error, mislead, deceive ⬩ in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre

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Ða seofon dweligendan steorran the seven wandering stars, the planets, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 26, 29. Ge dweliaþ errātis, Mt. Bos. 22, 29. Hú ne dweligaþ ge nonne ĭdeo errātis? Mk. Bos. 12, 24. Swýðe ge dweligeaþ multum errātis, 14, 27.

Linked entries: dwalian dweoligan dwolian ge-dwelian

a-drǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drǽdan, p. -dréd; pp. -drǽden

To fear ⬩ timere

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Bos. 14, 5

Linked entry: a-dréd

a-rád

(v.)
Grammar
a-rád, p. of a-rídan.

rode

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rode He út arád he rode out, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 22;

a-stód

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-stód, p. of a-standan.

stood up ⬩ insisted

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Bos. 23, 23 ;

anddetan

(v.)

To confess ⬩ confiteri

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Bos. 1, 5

ár-ing

(n.)
Grammar
ár-ing, árung, e ; f.

Honour ⬩ respect ⬩ honoratio

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Honour, respect; honoratio Búton áringe without honour, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 108, 41

caru

(n.)
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Bos. 10, 40: Ps. Th. 60, 1: 78, 11

dígelnes

(n.)
Grammar
dígelnes, dígelnys

solitariness, recess

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Spl. second 9, 10: Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 40

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