Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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for-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sendan, p. -sende; pp. -sended

To send away ⬩ send into banishment ⬩ banish ⬩ dimittĕre ⬩ relēgāre ⬩ deportāre

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To send away, send into banishment, banish; dimittĕre, relēgāre, deportāre Sume on wræcsíþ forsende some he sent away into banishment, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 39. He hine siððan forsende he afterwards banished him, 3, 7; Bos. 59, 26.

ge-gerela

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gerela, -gyrela, -girla, an; m.

Clothing ⬩ apparel ⬩ habit ⬩ garment ⬩ robe ⬩ amiculum ⬩ stola

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Bos. 15, 22 : Mk. Bos. 12, 38

Linked entries: ge-gyrela gerela

ýr

(n.)
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[Icelandic has ýr; gen. ýs a yew, also a bow, ass]

costnung

(n.)
Grammar
costnung, costung, costing, e; f. [costnian, costian to tempt, try]

A temptation ⬩ trying ⬩ trial ⬩ tribulation ⬩ tentatio ⬩ probatio ⬩ tribulatio

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Bos. 8, 13. Æfter dæge costunge secundum diem tentationis Ps. Spl. 94, 8. Ne gelǽd ðú us on costnunge ne nos inducas in tentationem Mt. Bos. 6, 13; 26, 41; Mk. Bos. 14, 38; Lk. Bos. 11, 4; 22, 40, 46; Homl. Th. ii. 596, 9; 600, 16.

Linked entries: costing costung

æmetig

(adj.)
Grammar
æmetig, adj.

Vacant ⬩ empty ⬩ barren ⬩ vacuus

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Vacant, empty, barren; vacuus Hit æmetig læg it lay barren, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 16

agén-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
agén-cuman, p. -com, pl. -cómon; pp. -cumen

To come again ⬩ redire

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Bos. 8, 40

cild-hád

(n.)
Grammar
cild-hád, es; m.

CHILDHOOD, infancy ⬩ infantia

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Bos. 9, 21: Elen. Kmbl. 1826; El. 915

dyde

(n.)
Grammar
dyde, acc. sing. of dyd [dyde what was done, p. of dón to do]

a deed ⬩ actum

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a deed; actum Ors. 5, 2; Barrington, 180, 15, = dǽde, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 21

for-ðig

(adv.)
Grammar
for-ðig, adv.

For that cause ⬩ consequently ⬩ proptĕrea

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Bos. 6, 65

ge-untrýwsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-untrýwsian, p. ode; pp. od

To be offended ⬩ scandălīzāri

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Bos. 13, 57

be-sprycþ

(v.)

tells, complains

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tells, complains, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 45.; Similar entries 3rd pers. pres. of be-sprecan

ge-cynd-lim

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd-lim, es; n.

A birth-limb ⬩ womb ⬩ vulva

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Bos. 2, 23: Hpt. Gl. 441

ge-egesian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-egesian, p. ode; pp. od

To frighten ⬩ terrēre

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To frighten; terrēre Hí wurdon ge-egesode they were frightened, Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 104, 5

ge-fýnd

(n.)

foes ⬩ enemies

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Bos. 23, 12

ge-ligernes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ligernes, ness, e; f.

Fornication ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornicātio ⬩ libīdo

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Fornication, adultery; fornicātio, libīdo For hyre geligernesse for her lustfulness, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 11

ge-tídan

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Æfter þám getídde ꝥ Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne, Cht. Th. 208, 5. Add

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

on-hǽled

(adj.)

infirm, ill

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C.) wǽron, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 40

BESMA

(n.)
Grammar
BESMA, besema, an; m.

A BESOM, broom ⬩ a rod ⬩ scopæ, virga

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Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 3. ]

Linked entries: bysm bisme besema

ge-dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dúfan, he -dýfþ; p. -deáf, we -dufon; pp. -dofen; v. intrans.

To plunge ⬩ to duck ⬩ sink ⬩ dive ⬩ be drowned ⬩ mergi

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Bos. 14, 13

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