Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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here-geatu

Grammar
here-geatu, [The word occurs very rarely in the singular; indeed be hergeate,
    Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
seems the only instance that number. Plural forms are n. ac. -geatwei,(-a), -geata(-u, -e); dat -geat-wum, -geatum.]
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Add: Eahta hund eóredmanna ealle mid heregeatwum gegerede, Nar. 4, 13. Twégen englas gesceldode and gesperode and mid heregeatwum (heora geatwum, v. l.; but see Bl. N. 24), Bl. H. 221, 28. Beón þá heregea a (-e.v.l.) swá hit mǽðlic sý, Ll. Th. i. 414

wær-word

(n.)
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bog-timber

(n.)
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bog-timber, es; n.
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Wood for an arch Similar entries (? v. boga, II) Ic gegade-rode mé bohtimbru and bolttimbru (bolt = bold ? ef. boldgetæl (bolt-)) I gathered me wood for building, Shrn. 163, 7

Linked entries: boh-timber bolt-timber

be-hlǽman

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Dele, and see next word

be-léd

Grammar
be-léd, impelled.
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Dele, and see preceding word

brýttian

(v.)
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Dele, and see preceding word

circul-cræft

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Dele, and see preceding word

égesa

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Dele, and see preceding word

ge-mǽd

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Dele, and see next word

ge-pilod

Grammar
ge-pilod, piled up.
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Dele, and see preceding word

ge-ræft

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Dele, and see next word

ge-swip

Grammar
ge-swip, cunning.
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Dele, and see next word

ge-wissend

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Dele, and see next word

glof

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Dele, and see next word

hord-cleófa

Grammar
hord-cleófa, hord-clýfa. l. hord-cleofa, -clyfa,
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leóþu-cræft

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Dele, ond see preceding word

land-sceap

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Dele, and see next word

níþ

Grammar
níþ, adj(?).
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Dele and see preceding word

pundernian

(v.)
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un-gemæcca

(n.)
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Linked entry: ge-mæcca

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