Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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fregen-seldlic

(adj.)
Grammar
fregen-seldlic, -syllic; adj.

Very strange ⬩ very wonderful

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Cat. 223, col. 1

Linked entry: seld-lic

ge-trucian

(v.)

to fail ⬩ deficere

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Skt. 2, 3, col. 2

Linked entry: trucian

byrgen-stów

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen-stów, byrigen-stów, e; f.

A burying-place, cemetery ⬩ sepulcri locus, cœmeterium

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A burying-place, cemetery; sepulcri locus, cœmeterium, Cot. 75: Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 19

Linked entry: byrigen-stów

feax-eacas

(n.)
Grammar
feax-eacas, -eacon?

Hair hanging down the forehead ⬩ forelocks ⬩ antiæ frontis ⬩ sive a fronte dependentes

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Hair hanging down the forehead, forelocks; antiæ frontis, sive a fronte dependentes, Cot. 6, Som. Ben. Lye

felt-wurma

(n.)
Grammar
felt-wurma, an; m. [felt = feld?]

The plant wild marjoram ⬩ orĭgănum

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Glos. vol. iii. p. 349, col. 2, 32

Linked entry: feld-wurma

flóde

(n.)
Grammar
flóde, an; f.

A place where anything flows ⬩ a channel ⬩ sink ⬩ gutter ⬩ cloāca ⬩ lăcūna

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A place where anything flows, a channel, sink, gutter; cloāca, lăcūna, Cot. 44: 193, Som. Ben. Lye

fugel-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-noþ, es; m?

Bird-catching ⬩ fowling ⬩ aucŭpium

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Bird-catching, fowling; aucŭpium On fugelnoþum in fowlings, Cod. Dipl. 715; A.D. 1006; Kmbl. iii. 350, 9

Linked entry: fugoloþ

furh-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
furh-wudu, m.

Fir-wood ⬩ a fir-tree ⬩ pīnus

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C. fol. 48 d; Lchdm. iii. 327, 39, col. 1

fyrd-werod

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-werod, -weord, es; n.

An army-host ⬩ phalanx ⬩ turma ⬩ phălanx ⬩ φάλανξ

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An army-host, phalanx; turma, phălanx = φάλανξ,Cot. 140. Micel stefn fyrdweorodes getrymnesse a great sound off

mearc-díc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-díc, e; f.

A ditch which serves as a boundary

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A ditch which serves as a boundary On ða ealdan mercdíc, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 7

Peác-

(prefix)
Grammar
Peác-, Péc-sǽtan; pl.
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The occupiers of the Peak Pécsǽtna [land is] twelf hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414. 17

bí-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
bí-leofen, -lifen, e; f. [bí, leofen living, livelihood]

Food, provisions ⬩ annona, pulmentum

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Bílifen pulmentum, Cot. 171

Linked entry: bí-lifen

sundor-freóls

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-freóls, es; m.
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-On ðissum sunderfreólse priuilegio, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 349, 26. Ðysne e

stán-geat

(n.)
Grammar
stán-geat, es; n.
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An opening to pass through between stones On stángeat; of stángeate, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 81, 16

wísere

(n.)
Grammar
wísere, es; m.

sign-post

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Tó Afene; on wísere; on ða fúlan lace, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 301, 36

wíþig-gráf

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-gráf, es; m.

A willow-grove

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A willow-grove Of weardsetle on wíðiggráfas; of wíðiggráfan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 328, 11: 48, 11

wudu-croft

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-croft, es ; m.

A croft with trees on it

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On wudecrofte; of ðam crofte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 376, 7

Linked entry: croft

fefer-seóc

Grammar
fefer-seóc, sick of a fever.
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For Cot. 88 substitute

hǽlsend

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For ' Cot. 73, Lye ' substitute Haelsent extipices, Wrt Voc. ii. 107, 76. Hǽlsendas exíipices, aruspices, 30, 4

hǽlsere

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For Cot. . . . Lye ' substitute Hálsere augur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 34. Hǽlsera aruspicum, 84, 51 : 3, 30