Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-sénelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sénelíc, adj.

Visible

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Visible Se gesénelíca líchama the visible body, Blickl. Homl. 21, 24

Bret-land

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-land, es; n.

Britain

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Britain On Bretlande in Britain, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 2

ge-stóp

(v.; part.)

stepped ⬩ went

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stepped, went, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 22 p.of ge-stapan

ge-wítendnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wítendnes, se; f.

Departure

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Bos. 9, 31

CNUCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNUCIAN, cnucigan; p. ode; pp. od

To KNOCK ⬩ beat ⬩ pound; ⬩ pulsare ⬩ tundere ⬩ pertundere

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Bos. 7, 7: Lk. Bos. 11, 9. Ðám cnuciendum biþ ontýned pulsanti aperietur Mt. Bos. 7, 8; Lk. Bos. 11, 10. He cnucode æt ðære dura he knocked at the door Homl. Th. ii. 382, 17, 22. Ic cnucige tundo, pertundo Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 56, 65.

Linked entries: cnocian cnuwian

cwylming

(n.)
Grammar
cwylming, e; f. [cwylmian to suffer]

Torture, trouble, suffering, a cross ⬩ cruciātus, crux

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Bos. 10, 38: Lk. Bos. 9, 23

EÁGE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁGE, ége; gen. dat. -an; acc. -e; pl. nom. acc. -an, -on; gen. -ena, -na; dat. -um, -on; n.

EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen

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Bos. 19, 24: Lk. Bos. 18, 25

Linked entry: ége

fulluht

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht, fulwiht, fullwiht, fulwuht, es; n. [v. Grimm And. u. El. pp. 136-7]

Baptism ⬩ baptismus

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Bos. 3, 3

Linked entries: fulloc fullwon fulwiht fulwihðe fulwuht

æt-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-gædere, adv. [æt, gædrian = gadrian to gather]

Together ⬩ una ⬩ simul

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Blod and wæter bu tú ætgædre blood and water both together, Exon. 70a; Th. 260, 5; Jul. 292. Bismærede ungket [ = uncit] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together. Runic Inscrip. Kmbl. 354, 30

for-þrysmian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þrysmian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [þrysmian to suffocate]

To suffocate ⬩ choke ⬩ strangle ⬩ suffōcāre

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Bos. 13, 22. Ða þornas bytforþrysmodon spinæ suffōcāvērunt illud, Lk. Bos. 8, 7. Ða synd forþrysmede qui suffōcantur, 8, 14

a-fór

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-fór, -fóron

departed

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departed.Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 14: Cd. 173; Th. 216, 14; Dan. 6;

a-seted

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-seted, -sett

set ⬩ placed ⬩ stored ⬩ built

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Bos. 3, 10;

be-byrigean

(v.)

to bury

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Bos. 8, 21, 22 : Bd. 4, 11; S. 580; 3

ehteoða

(num.)
Grammar
ehteoða, ehteða

eighth

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Bos. 1, 59

be-scofen

(v.; part.)

thrust off, precipitated

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Bos. 5, 13.; Similar entries pp. of be-scúfan

ge-wistian

(v.)

to feast

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Bos. 12, 19

Linked entry: -wistian

gewist-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
gewist-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To feast ⬩ epulari

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Bos. 15, 24

bysmer-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
bysmer-spæc, e; f.

Blasphemy ⬩ blasphemia

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Bos. 10, 33

byst

art, shalt be

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Bos. l, 76; Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 12

ǽfen-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ǽfen-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To grow towards evening ⬩ advesperascere

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Bos. 24, 29

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