Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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þicce

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L. 17, 12. <b>IIIa.</b> add :-- Þǽr árás þicce æcer and manigfeald seges multa surrexit, Gr. D. 240, 3. v. bríw-, un-þicce

þrafian

(v.)
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Add: <b>I a.</b> to press for (æfter) something, exact, require Nabbon hí æfter máran tó þrafianne þonne heora neód behðfað non plus exigant quam oportet, Chrd. 12, 10

settan

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On gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 22. Add Fuglas heofnes ne settas ł sáwas volatilia caeli non serunt, Mt. L. 6, 26. On længtene wíngeard settan, Angl. ix. 262, 8. <b>III a.

nú

(adv.; con.; int.)

Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when

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Sume syndon ortativa . . . heia nú lá, age nú lá; ðis is eác menigfealdlíce, agite nú gé lá, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 27-28. Nú lá age jam, Wülck. Gl. 252, 43

a-wéstnis

(n.)
Grammar
a-wéstnis, -niss, e; f. [a-wést wasted, ness]

Desolation ⬩ desolatio

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Desolation; desolatio, Lk. Rush. War. 21, 20

doeþ-bérnis

(n.)
Grammar
doeþ-bérnis, -niss
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a pestilence, Lk. Skt. Rush. 21, 11

fon

(n.)

a fan

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a fan, Lk. Skt. Rush. 3, 17

gebǽr-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
gebǽr-scipe, es; n.

A feast

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A feast, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 13

heorot-brér

(n.)
Grammar
heorot-brér, e; f. v. [?] heorot-brembel
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Heortbrére moro, Lk. Skt. Rush. 17, 6

Linked entry: brér

geó

(adv.)
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Ieó, Ll. Th. ii. 366, 7. Add

gebeár-scipe

(n.)

a feast

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a feast, Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 14

ge-dégled

(v.; part.)

hidden ⬩ absconditus

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hidden; absconditus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 2

gefrett

(v.)

consumed ⬩ devorāvit

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consumed; devorāvit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 30

Linked entry: fretan

ge-hiwad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwad, p. part.

Coloured ⬩ purpuratus

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Coloured; purpuratus,Lk. Skt. p. 9, 2

ge-sagun

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sagun, e; f.

A narration

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A narration, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 1

Linked entry: -sagun

andeting

Grammar
andeting, andetting.
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Ondetung confessio, Lk. p. 4, 17. Add

dirne-legere

(adv.)
Grammar
dirne-legere, adv.
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Licentiously Dernelegere luxuriose, Lk. L. 15, 13

Linked entry: -legere

hand-hefe

(n.)
Grammar
hand-hefe, es; m. l. hand-hæf. es; n.
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and add Hondhafum, Lk. R. 11, 46

lærest

Grammar
lærest, l. lǽrest. The r for
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s may be explained by Verner's Law

brégyd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brégyd, =bréged; pp. of brégan.

made afraid, frightened

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made afraid, frightened, Lk. Foxe 12, 4

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