Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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groene

(adj.)
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green, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 23, 31

a-feóll

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-feóll, p. of afeallan.

fell ⬩ cecidit

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fell; cecidit,Lk. Bos. 6, 49;

a-wyltne

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wyltne, acc. s. m. of a-wylt ; pp. of a-wyltan.

rolled away

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rolled away,Lk. Bos. 24, 2;

bærm

(n.)

a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ sinus

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a bosom, lap; sinus,Som. Lye

fǽmn-hád

(n.)

virginity ⬩ virgĭnĭtas

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virginity; virgĭnĭtas, Lk. Bos. 2, 36

-líce

(adv.; suffix)

-ly

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a frequent adverbial termination, modern -ly

ge-beden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-beden, pp. of ge-biddan.

demanded ⬩ intreated

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demanded, intreated,Lk. Bos. 1, 63;

fitung

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Ll. Th. i. 310, 14. Add:

geneát-riht

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Add: Ll. Th. i. 432, 12

heorot-brér

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Heartbreer, Lk. L. 17, 6. Add

sáwel-gescot

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Add: Ll. Lbmn. 295, n. 20

ge-þuild

(n.)

patience

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patience, Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 7

ge-líhtan

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Take here <b>ge-lýhtan</b> in Dict. to be or become light, to shine Giléhta luceat, Rtl. 37, 29 : 173, 41

ge-strínendlic

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Take here <b>ge-strýnendlic</b> in Dict., and add: to be begotten Mid gestrénendlicere stofne progenie propaganda, An. Ox. 1665. Gestrýnendlicra yrfwerda liberorum procreandorum, i. filiorum generandorum, 1402

Linked entries: -streónendlic -strínendlic ge-streónendlic

burg-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
burg-spræc, -spæc (burh-).
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Substitute: <b>burg-sprǽc,</b> -spǽc, e; f. Elegant speech Gleáwnesse burhsprǽce dissertudinem urbanitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 52. Burhspǽce urbanitatis, eloquentiae loquela, Hpt. Gl. 404, 40: An. Ox. 9, 13

folc-lagu

(n.)
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a law that is valid for all the people of a country, a law of the nation Godes gerihta wanedan innan þysse þeóde on ǽghwylcum ende, and folclaga wyrsedan (the laws deteriorated), Wlfst. 158, 6

ge-wirman

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Take here <b>ge-wyrman</b> in Dict., and add Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26. Gewyrmede fotam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 46

Linked entry: wirman

glid

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Substitute: <b>glid, glidd</b> (?) a slippery place Sién wegas hira ðeóstre and glidd (glid, Ps. Spl. C., glidd, Ps. Srt., slidornis, Bl. Gl. lubricum ), Ps. Vos. 34, 6. v. glidder

hring-fáh

Grammar
hring-fáh, For -fégh in l. 2 l. fágh, and add
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v. hring; <b>VI a</b>) :-- Tonica polimita hringfaag, a rotunditate circulorum, Txts. 100, 984. Hringfaag polimita, 88, 798. Hringfág, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 26

bydel

Grammar
bydel, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> a
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&lt;b>I b.&lt;/b> of things :-- Gedreccednyssa . . . synd ðá bydelas (heralds) þæs écan forwyrdes, Hml. Th. i. 4, 12

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