Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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forþ-steppan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-steppan, -stæppan; part. -stæppende: p. -stepede = -stepte? pp. -steped = -stept?

To step or go forth ⬩ proceed ⬩ progrĕdi ⬩ prōdīre ⬩ procēdĕre

Entry preview:

Lamb. 88, 35

Linked entry: forþ-stæppan

æt-fón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fón, [æt to, fón to seize]

To claim ⬩ lay claim ⬩ attach ⬩ deprehendere ⬩ capere

Entry preview:

To claim, lay claim, attach; deprehendere, capere Gif se ágend hit eft ætfó if the owner afterwards lay claim to it, L. H. E. 7; Th. i. 30, 8: 16; Th. i. 34, 6: L. Ed. l; Th. i. 160, 8

fleów

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fleów, pl. fleówon

flowed ⬩ issued

Entry preview:

Lamb. 77, 20;

for-hygde-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
for-hygde-líc, adj.

Despisable ⬩ contemptĭbĭlis

Entry preview:

Lamb. 118, 141

under-fónd

(n.)

susceptor

Entry preview:

Lamb. 3, 4: 53, 6: 90, 2

trucian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: [Trokede, Laym. 16416, 2nd MS. Trokie, 17171, 2nd MS.]

ǽ-slítend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-slítend, es; m.

A law-breaker

Entry preview:

A law-breaker Ǽslítendras praevaricantes, Ps. L. 118, 119, 158

Linked entry: sliten

on-fordón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fordón, part.

Destroyed

Entry preview:

Lamb. 101, 21. Cf.

Linked entry: for-dón

hóh-fót

(n.)
Grammar
hóh-fót, es; m.

The heel

Entry preview:

Lamb. 55, 7

Linked entry: fót

weorold-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wísdóm, es; m.
Entry preview:

His fæder and his frýnd hine befæstan tó láre tó woruldwísdóme, 3, 5. Ða ðe woldon woruldwísdóm gecneordlíce leornian, Homl. Th. i. 60, 27.

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
Entry preview:

A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum

rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
rǽs, (?). On the analogy of blód-lǽs, -lǽswu (q. v.) this might be entered as rǽs, rǽswu : <b>rǽsa</b> (?).

Similar entry: on-rǽsa

lecgan

(v.)
Entry preview:

D. lay; 43) on lást lecgan to follow Wesseaxe forð ondlongne dæg on lást legdun láþum þeódum, Chr. 937; P. 108, 3

dwalian

(v.)
Grammar
dwalian, p. ede ; pp. ed

To err ⬩ errāre

Entry preview:

Lamb. 57, 4

Linked entry: dwolian

for-swulgen

(v.)
Grammar
for-swulgen, subj. p. pl. of for-swelgan.

would have swallowed up or devoured

Entry preview:

Lamb. 123, 4;

for-wyrst

Grammar
for-wyrst, he -wyrþ

shalt perish ⬩ perishes

Entry preview:

Lamb. 1, 6;

frum-meolc

(n.)
Grammar
frum-meolc, -meoluc, e; f.

The first milk ⬩ nectar ⬩ prīmum lac ⬩ nectar

Entry preview:

The first milk, nectar; prīmum lac, nectar, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: meolc

niht-hróc

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hróc, es; m.

The night-rook ⬩ raven

Entry preview:

Lamb. 101, 7

ge-hyldan

(v.)

to bend ⬩ incline

Entry preview:

Lamb. 16, 11

staþolfæstnung

(n.)
Grammar
staþolfæstnung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Lamb. 136, 7

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