Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hrætele

(n.)
Grammar
hrætele, hrætel-wyrt.
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Rattle*-*wort Hrætelwyrt hierobotanum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 73

hring-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
hring-mǽl, es; n.
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Linked entry: wunden-mǽl

wæl-réc

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-réc, es; m.

Deadly reek

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Wód ða þurh ðone wælréc, Beo. Th. 5315; B. 2661

bealcan

(v.)

to emit ⬩ utter ⬩ pour out ⬩ eructare

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to emit, utter, pour out; eructare Dæg ðam dæge bealceþ word dies diei eructat verbum, Ps. Spl. 18, 2

Linked entry: bælcan

ful-

(prefix)
Grammar
ful-, full-,
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in composition, denotes the fulness, completeness or perfection of the meaning of the word with which it is joined

Linked entry: wær-líc

pís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pís-líc, adj.
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Rush. 14, 40. v. next word and pís

píslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
píslíce, adv.
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Rush. 11, 53. v. preceding word

scyld-frecu

(n.)
Grammar
scyld-frecu, e;
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f Guilty greed Mé ( Eve ) scyhte tó scyldfrece fáh wyrm þurh fægir word, Cd. Th. 55, 23; Gen. 898

Linked entry: frecu

seonu-ben

(n.)
Grammar
seonu-ben, seonu-benn, e; f.
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Th. 328, 17; Vy. 19. v. next word

stán-scilig

(adj.)
Grammar
stán-scilig, adj.
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Skt. 4, 5, 16. v. preceding word

Linked entry: scilig

sýfer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sýfer-líc, (?); adj.
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Sober, moderate Séferlíce sobriam (but the termination of the Latin word is doubtful, v. note), Hymn. Surt. 16, 21

cýþing

(n.)
Grammar
cýþing, e; f.
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A mating known, telling, narration Þá word mínre kýðinge (segene, v. l.) narrationis meae verba, Gr. D. 86, 14

den-stów

(n.)
Grammar
den-stów, e; f.
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B. iii. 144, 21. v. preceding word

hearpene

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gloss upon which the word has been based is:

streát

(adj.)
Grammar
streát, (?); adj.
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dilmeng

(n.)
Grammar
dilmeng, dilemeng(?)
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cál

(n.)
Grammar
cál, es; m.
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A herb, wild cole-wort; arboracia, lapsana? — Cál arboracia vel lapsana? Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 73; Wrt. Voc. 32, 9

Linked entry: cawel

mene-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
mene-scilling, es; m.

A coin worn as an ornament

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A coin worn as an ornament Menescillingas lunules, Ep. Gl. 13 b, 37: Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 15. Mynescillingas, 49, 72

græft-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
græft-geweorc, es; n.
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Carved or graven work, a graven image Ne wirce ðú græftgeweorc thou shalt not make any graven image, Deut. 5, 8

ge-dreóhlíce

(adv.)
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Ne sprecon ymbe nán þing búton ymbe heora wore, and ꝥ gedreóhlice and wærlíce ( et hoc caute ), Chrd. 29, 21. Add

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