Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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middandæg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
middandæg-líc, adj.

Midday ⬩ meridian

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Lamb. 90, 6

ge-défnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-défnes, -ness, e; f.

Quietness ⬩ mildness ⬩ gentleness ⬩ mansuētūdo

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Lamb. 89, 10

ge-edlæsian

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

To restore ⬩ restituere

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Lamb. 15, 5

Linked entries: ge-edlesende ed-læsian

timpestere

(n.)
Grammar
timpestere, es; m.

A player on the timbrel

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Lamb. 67, 26

tó-lísendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-lísendlíc, adj.

Destructive, ⬩ desolating

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Lamb. 119, 4

ár-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
ár-weorþung, e; f.

Honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ reverentia

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Lamb. 48, 21

Linked entry: ár-wurþung

cæmpa

(n.)
Grammar
cæmpa, an; m.
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Lamb. 186 b, 3

dreámnes

(n.)
Grammar
dreámnes, -ness, e; f.

A singing ⬩ cantio

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Lamb. 136, 3

hréred-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hréred-ness, e; f.

Agitation ⬩ haste ⬩ precipitation

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Lamb. 51, 6

Linked entry: hrýred-ness

lof-herung

(n.)
Grammar
lof-herung, e; f.

Praising ⬩ commendation

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Lamb. 55, 12

Linked entry: herung

blase

(n.)

a torch, lamp

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a torch, lamp, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 54; Wrt. Voc. 26, 53

ge-healdnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-healdnys, -nyss, e; f.

A keeping ⬩ custōdia

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Lamb. 8, 12

under-fangelnes

(n.)

susceptio

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Lamb. 107, 9

rodor-líhtung

(n.)
Grammar
rodor-líhtung, e; f.

The illumination of the heavens ⬩ the dawn

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Lamb. 73, 16

ǽ-lic

Grammar
ǽ-lic, (ǽw-).

of law, concerned with law, belonging to law ⬩ in accordance with law, fixed by law, legal, legitimate

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Add: of law, concerned with law, belonging to law Hé (John) wæs ǽgðer ge ǽlic ge godspellic, Hml. S. 16, 101. Ǽlice legalia (volumina), An. Ox. 4949. Tó ðám fíf ǽlicum bócum, Hml. Th. i. 188, 20: 98, 33: Hml.

Linked entry: ǽw-lic

ge-setednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setednes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A constitution, law, ceremony, religion ⬩ constĭtūtio, lex, cērĕmōnia, relĭgio

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To gesetednisse for a law, Gen. 47, 26

fúl

(n.)
Grammar
fúl, e; f: fúle, an; f.

A foul, common or unconsecrated place ⬩ a highway where criminals were buried ⬩ lŏcus profānus

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Hine man on fúlan lecge let one lay him in a common place, L. C. S. 33; Th. i. 396, 17. v. Th. L. Gl

áǽðan

(v.)

to lay waste ⬩ vastare

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to lay waste; vastare. Gen. 1280: á ǽðan, Cd. 64; Th. 77, 24

fæðem

(n.)
Grammar
fæðem, es; m.

Bosom, lap ⬩ sĭnus, grĕmium

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Bosom, lap; sĭnus, grĕmium In fæðem in sĭnu, Jn. Lind. War. 1, 18

Februarius

(n.)
Grammar
Februarius, i; m.

February ⬩ nōmen mensis

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Lat. February; nōmen mensis Sígeþ Februarius February approaches, Menol. Fox 35; Men. 18

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