Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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leáctún-weard

(n.)
Grammar
leáctún-weard, es; m.

A gardener

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A gardener Léctúnweard olitor, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 82; Wrt. Voc. 27, 12

leóhting

(n.)
Grammar
leóhting, e; f.

Lighting

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Lighting Leóhtes leóhting lucubrum, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 89; Wrt. Voc. 41, 42

Linked entry: líhting

leóþ-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-weorc, es; n.

Song-making ⬩ poetry ⬩ poesis

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Song-making, poetry; poesis, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 99; Wrt. Voc. 60, 7

leðer-helm

(n.)
Grammar
leðer-helm, es; m.

galea

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A leather helmet; galea, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 13; Wrt. Voc. 35, 3

limb-stefning

(n.)
Grammar
limb-stefning, e; f.

An awning ⬩ curtain ⬩ peripetasma

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An awning, curtain; peripetasma, Ælfc. Gl. 116; Som. 80, 69; Wrt. Voc. 61, 46

Linked entry: stefning

mistian

(v.)
Grammar
mistian, p. ode

To grow dim

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To grow dim Mé mistiaþ míne eágan caligo, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 48

Linked entry: mistran

ge-wind

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wind, es; n. [windan to bend]

A winding, circuitous ascent

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A winding, circuitous ascent, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 6; Wrt. Voc. 37, 4

Linked entry: ge-wynd

ge-wlacian

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

To make lukewarm ⬩ tepefacere

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To make lukewarm; tepefacere Ic eom gewlacod tepefio, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 38

gritta

(n.)
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grit, bran; furfur Ðás gritta hic furfur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Som. 10, 47

bí-gerdel

(n.)

a purse, public purse

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a purse, public purse, Ælfc. Gl. 65; Som. 69, 35; Wrt. Voc. 40, 63

bleó

(n.)

a colour, hue, complexion

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a colour, hue, complexion, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 78; Wrt. Voc. 46, 35

boge-net

(n.)

a bow-net, weel

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a bow-net, weel, Ælfc. Gl. 105; Som. 78, 41; Wrt. Voc. 57, 23

gecynde-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
gecynde-spræc, e; f.

A natural speech ⬩ an idiom ⬩ proprietas linguæ ⬩ idioma

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A natural speech, an idiom; proprietas linguæ, idioma, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 41

Linked entry: ágen-spræc

sirwe

(n.)
Grammar
sirwe, an ; f.
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An artifice, device, plot, wile Syrwan (serwan) insidiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13 ; Zup. 84, 14

stán-bucca

(n.)
Grammar
stán-bucca, an; m.
Entry preview:

A mountain goat Ðes stánbucca hic cynyps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 57; Zup. 68, 5

twi-fyrede

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-fyrede, adj.
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Two-furrowed; the word renders the Latin bisulcus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 11

twi-strenge

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-strenge, adj.
Entry preview:

Two-stringed Twistrenge bifidus (as if from fides ), Ælfc. Gr. 49 ; Zup. 288, 10

Linked entry: þri-strenge

þri-fyrede

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-fyrede, adj.

Three-furrowed ⬩ trisulcus

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Three-furrowed; the word renders Latin trisulcus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 12 note

distæf

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Distæf colus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 30, 2. Disstæf, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 39. Add

geocian

(v.)
Grammar
geocian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To join, yoke Ic geceige (jucige, v. l.) jungo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 174, 1

Linked entries: ge-iukod ge-iukod

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