Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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bycgean

(v.)
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Bos. 25, 10

el-þeódisc

(adj.)
Grammar
el-þeódisc, adj.

Foreign, strange ⬩ pĕregrīnus

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Bos. 27, 7

eornfullnes

(n.)
Grammar
eornfullnes, -ness, e; f.

Earnestness, anxiety ⬩ dĭlĭgentia, sollĭcĭtudo

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Bos. 13, 22

bodigean

(v.)

to publish, preach

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Bos. 5, 20: Cd. 169; Th. 210, 4; Exod. 510

ende-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
ende-spæc, ende-sprǽc, -spǽc, e; f.

An epilogue

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An epilogue Þysse lyttlan bóce endespǽce hujus libelluli epilogum, Angl. xiii. 447, 1166. Substitute:

be-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
be-reáfian, bi-reáfian, -reáfigean, ic -reáfige; p. -reáfode; pp. -reáfod; v. a.

To BEREAVE ⬩ seize ⬩ spoil ⬩ take away ⬩ eripere ⬩ spoliare ⬩ privare

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Bos. 12, 29 : Mk. Bos. 3, 27. Ic ondréd, ðæt ðú me bereáfodest ðínra dóhtra timui, ne violenter auferres filias tuas, Gen. 31, 31 : 43, 18 : 43, 14 : Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 16 : Cd. 40; Th. 53, 11; Gen. 859

Linked entries: be-rípan be-rafan bi-reáfian

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a field ⬩ land ⬩ what is sown ⬩ sown land ⬩ ager ⬩ seges

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Bos. 27, 8. Hér ys seó bót, hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras betan here is the remedy, how thou mayest improve thy fields, Lchdm. i. 398, 1. Of ðæm æcere from the field, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 3; Met. 12, 2.

Linked entries: sulh-æcer acer æcyr ecer

Dene-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
Dene-mearc, Dene-marc,e ; f: -marce, -mearce, -merce, an; f.

DENMARK ⬩ Dānia

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Weonoþland him wæs on steór-bord, and on bæc-bord him wæs Langa land, and Lǽland, and Falster, and Scon-ég; and ðás land eall hýraþ to Denemearcan Wulfstan said that he went from Haddeby.

Linked entry: Dena mearc

a-cucian

(v.)

to revive

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to revive [cuc = cwic, Cd. 65; Th. 78, 23 = Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 8]

a-speón

enticed ⬩ secretly introduced

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enticed, secretly introduced, Ors. 1, 12 ; Bos. 35, 19: Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 4

and-yttan

(v.)

To confess ⬩ praise ⬩ thank ⬩ confiteri

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Bos. 11, 25

byrðyn

(n.)
Grammar
byrðyn, e; f.
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Bos. 11, 30

fagen

(adj.)
Grammar
fagen, adj.

Glad ⬩ lætus

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Glad; lætus Wǽron ða burhwarefagene the citizens were glad, Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 103, 32

feld-hryðer

(n.)
Grammar
feld-hryðer, es; n.

A field ox ⬩ heifer ⬩ campestris bos ⬩ vĭtŭlus

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A field ox or heifer; campestris bos sive vĭtŭlus Chart. ad calc. C. R. Ben

for-þriccednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-þriccednes, -ness, e; f.

A pressing ⬩ an oppression ⬩ distress ⬩ anxiety ⬩ pressūra

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Bos. 21, 25

geornlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
geornlíc, adj.

Desirable

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., Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 28

ge-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-riht, adj.

RIGHT, direct ⬩ directus

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Bos. 3, 5

ge-mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽgþ, e; f.

A family, tribe ⬩ fămĭlia, trĭbus

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A family, tribe; fămĭlia, trĭbus Twá gemǽgþa two families, Ors. 3, 5; Bos. 57, 33

weald

(n.)

power

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L. ), Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 97, 23

Andreas

(n.)
Grammar
Andreas, m. indecl. but Andreæ and Andrea are found in dat. as in Lat. and Grk.

Andrew ⬩ Andreas

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Bos. 4, 18-22, Notes, p. 574

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