Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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águn

(v.)
Grammar
águn, 3rd pl. pres. of ágan.

possess

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possess,Exon. 33 b ; Th. 106, 33 ; Gú. 50;

a-sudon

(v.)
Grammar
a-sudon, p. pl. of a-seóðan.

seethed

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seethed;

árod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
árod, pp. of árian, q. v.

honoured

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honoured,Bt. Met. Fox 10, 89; Met. 10, 45;

Linked entry: árde

Angle

(n.)
Grammar
Angle, g. d. acc. of Angel

Anglen

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Anglen Ðæt land, ðe man Angle hǽt the land, which they call Anglen, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 37

a-spáw

(v.)
Grammar
a-spáw, p. of a-spíwan.

vomited out

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vomited out;

a-scuton

(v.)
Grammar
a-scuton, p. pl. of a-sceótan.

shot out

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shot out,Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 478, 38;

bégaþ

Grammar
bégaþ, pres.and fut. pl. of bégan

shall settle

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shall settle Ps. Th. 143, 14;

bare

(adj.)
Grammar
bare, acc. pl. of bær, adj.

bare ⬩ naked

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bare, naked,Cd. 37; Th. 48, 30; Gen. 783;

bed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bed, = bæd; p. of biddan.

asked

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asked Ic bed petii, Ps. Spl. 26, 7

beorn

(v.; part.)
Grammar
beorn, p. of beornan. for bearn

burned

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burned Beo. Th. 3764, note; B. 1880;

be-hwurfon

(v.)
Grammar
be-hwurfon, p. pl. of be-hweorfan.

spread about

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spread about Num. 11, 32;

dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
dæges, adv. [from gen. of dæg]

Daily ⬩ die

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Daily; die Dæges and nihtes die ac nocte, Ps. Th. 1, 2: Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 7: Chr. 894; Erl. 93. 5

Linked entry: dages

ége

(n.)
Grammar
ége, gen. dat. acc. of ég

water

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water, Chr. 47; Th. 11. 6, col. 3

for-budon

(v.)
Grammar
for-budon, p. pl. of for-beódan.

forbade

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forbade, Mk. Bos. 9, 38;

for-cirfst

(v.)
Grammar
for-cirfst, 2nd sing. pres. of forceorfan.

cuttest ⬩ shalt cut

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cuttest or shalt cut, Jos. 11, 6;

for-curfon

(v.)
Grammar
for-curfon, p. pl, of for-ceorfan.

cutout

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cutout, Chr. 797; Erl. 58, 13;

for-druncen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-druncen, -druncn

drunken

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drunken, Past. 40, 4; Hat. MS. 55 a. 13;

fóre-birig

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-birig, dat. s. of fóre-burh

a vestibule

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a vestibule. Ex. 29, 32

fór-rád

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fór-rád, p. of fór-rídan, q.v.

rode before

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rode before Fórrád sió fierd hie fóran the force rode before them, Chr. 894; Th. 166, 7;

for-sáwon

(v.)
Grammar
for-sáwon, p. pl. of for-seón.

rejected ⬩ despised

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rejected, despised, Elen. Kmbl. 2633; El. 1318;

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