Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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for-scruncen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-scruncen, pp. of for-scrincan.

shrank up ⬩ dried up ⬩ withered

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Bos. ii. 20;

be-þýan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þýan, p. -þýde, -þýdde, pl. -þýddon; pp. -þýed, -þýd

To thrust ⬩ trudere

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To thrust; trudere Hí beþýddon they thrust, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 8

be-wópen

(v.; part.)

bewailed

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bewailed, Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 51, 41; Similar entries pp. of be-wépan

þúf-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
þúf-bǽre, adj.

Bearing foliage ⬩ leafy

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Bearing foliage, leafy Bóh þúfbǽres píntreówes frondentis pini stipitem, Hpt. Gl. 458, 67

Linked entry: þúf

yrse-binn

(n.)
Grammar
yrse-binn, [ = ? yrsen- = ísern-: cf, Wülck. Gl. 142, 2 irsenhelm cassis, where Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 4 has iren], e; f.
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An iron box Yrse-binne (cf. hunigbinna, 264, 15), Anglia ix. 265, 1

ge-swác

(v.; part.)

ceased ⬩ rested from

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Bos. 14, 32: Gen. 2, 3 p.of ge-swícan

fulluht

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht, fulwiht, fullwiht, fulwuht, es; n. [v. Grimm And. u. El. pp. 136-7]

Baptism ⬩ baptismus

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Bos. 3, 3

Linked entries: fulloc fullwon fulwiht fulwihðe fulwuht

betera

(adj.)
Grammar
betera, betra; m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, v. bet-líc good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, v. besta, gód]

BETTER ⬩ melior

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Bos. 12, 12 Hit is betre it is a better [thing], Wyc. Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5 : 29, 1; Fox 102, 6

Linked entry: betre

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on
  • p. 48 of O. E. T.
nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the
  • Corpus Gloss.
has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec,
  • 2152
, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun,
  • Erf. 75
; gy-byrdid,
  • Ep. 228.
In the
  • Durham Ritual
the regular form is gi-.
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emb-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
emb-sittan, p. -sæt, pl, -sǽton; pp. -seten

To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre

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He besirede ðæt folc ðe hi embseten hæfdon he deceived the people who had besieged them, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 83, 3

Linked entry: ymb-sittan

FANN

(n.)
Grammar
FANN, e; f?

FAN, implement for winnowing grain ⬩ vannus, ventilābrum

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Bos. 3, 12: Lk. Bos. 3, 17

Linked entries: fan fon

ge-deorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-deorfan, p. -dearf, pl. -durfon; pp. -dorfen

To labour

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In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon

Linked entry: dorfen

ændlefen

(n.; num.)

eleven ⬩ undecim

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Bos. 16, 14

ǽr-ðam

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr-ðam, ǽr-ðon

before that

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Bos. 6, 8: Exon. 61 a; Th. 224, 22; Ph. 379

a-hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
a-hnescian, p. ode; pp. od

To become weak ⬩ emollire

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Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 103, 42

a-wrigenes

(n.)
Grammar
a-wrigenes, -wregennes, -ness, e; f.

A discovery ⬩ revelation ⬩ revelatio

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Bos. 2, 32

Linked entries: a-wregennes a-wrygenes

dúre

(n.)
Grammar
dúre, an; f.

A door ⬩ ostium, jānua

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Bos. 1, 33

feld-oxa

(n.)
Grammar
feld-oxa, an; f.

A field or pasture ox ⬩ pascuālis bos

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A field or pasture ox; pascuālis bos Feldoxan pascuāles bŏves, Hymn. in Dedic. Eccles

Linked entry: feld-hrýðer

fixoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fixoþ, es; m?

A fishing ⬩ piscātus

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Bos. 21, 3

gearwe

(adj.)
Grammar
gearwe, nom. pl. n. of gearo; adj.

prepared ⬩ părāta

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Bos. 22, 4;

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