Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-byrdelíce

(adv.)
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Add: v. ge-byrd; <b>VIII,</b> and next word

ofer-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-cwealm, es; m.
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Excessive mortality Nú is heóf and wóp and ofercwealm mycel, Angl. iii. 113, 203

þrág

Grammar
þrág, III.
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Crw. 19, 5. v. hwíl-, wód-þrág

un-sidu

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See preceding word

ǽfen-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-geweorc, es; n.

Evening-work

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Evening-work Sele bollan fulne tó gedrin-canne æfter ǽfengeweorce, Lch. ii. 190, 3

meahtig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
meahtig-líce, adv.

Mightily ⬩ powerfully ⬩ with might

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Mihtiglíce hé mihte mid his worde hine gehǽlan búton hrepunge by an exercise of power he could have healed him with his word, without touching, Homl. Th. i. 122, 8.

Linked entry: meahte-líce

Eal-wealda

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

All-ruler, God, the Almighty ⬩ omnium rector, Deus, omnĭpŏtens

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Noldon ealwealdan [MS. alwealdan] word weorþian they would not revere the all-ruler's [the Almightys'] word, 18; Th. 21, 23; Gen. 328

Linked entries: æl-walda All-walda Al-wealda al-wealda eall-wealda Eal-walda

earm-gegyrela

(n.)
Grammar
earm-gegyrela, -gegirela, an; m. [gegyrela clothing, apparel]

A bracelet to be worn on the right arm ⬩ dextrāle

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A bracelet to be worn on the right arm; dextrāle Earmgegirelan dextrālia, Cot. 63

hundes wyrm

(n.)

ricinus

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a dog-worm; ricinus, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 33; Wrt. Voc. 24, 33

mealt-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
mealt-wyrt, <b>, -wurt,</b> e; f.

Malt-wort

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Malt-wort Maltwyrt acinum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 37, 54. Mealtwurt, i. 28, 7

næder-winde

(n.)
Grammar
næder-winde, an; f.

adder-wort

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The name of a plant, adder-wort Næddrewinde viperina, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 26

self-myrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
self-myrþe, (?); adj.
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Voc. ii. 80, 2. v. next word

Linked entry: -myrþe

sin-trendende

(adj.)
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Gl. 408, 73. v. preceding word. (?)

Linked entry: sin-tredende

twi-bót

(adv.)
Grammar
twi-bót, (?) double 'bót.' Perhaps in the passages given under twibóte; adv.
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the word might be taken as a case of this noun. Cf. twi-gilde

Linked entry: twibóte

un-fúl

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fúl, adj.

Not foul ⬩ good ⬩ insulsum

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Not foul, good; but the word glosses insulsum, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 50

Linked entry: fúl

wís-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
wís-wyrdan, p. de
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To be wise in speech Wýswyrdan philosophari, Anglia xiii. 38, 301. v. next word

á-fandodlic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-fandodlic, adj.
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Gl. 628. v. next word

Linked entry: -fandodlic

cran

(n.)
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.,' and add: The word occurs in local names, e.g. Cransleá, Cranmere

eáwesclíce

(adv.)
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Eáwislíce sié manifestum fiat, Rtl. 114, 1. v. newt word, and cf. eáwunga. Add

ge-meodniss

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v. medumness; but see preceding word) Rómánisca de dignitalibiis Romanorum. Add

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