Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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sóþ-secgende

(adj.)
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See next word, and sóþ-secgan

ed-niwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-niwe, ed-neowe; adj.

New, again new, renewed ⬩ renŏvātus

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New, again new, renewed; renŏvātus Eft cymeþ feorh edniwe renewed life returns, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 12; Ph. 223: 61 a; Th. 224, 4; Ph. 370: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 77; Met. 11. 39

Linked entry: ed-neowe

H

hail

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In. some cases it is dropped, e. g. bleó for bleoh; seón, p. seah; nabban = ne habban.

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARD ⬩ barba

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a BEARD; barba Ne beard ne sciron nec radetis barbam, Lev. 19, 27; nether ge schulen schave the beerd, Wyc. Smyringc niðerfeól on bearde, bearde Aarones unguentum descendit in barbam, barbam Aaronis, Ps.

swíþ-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-strang, adj.
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Of great strength or force. v. next word

sunn-gang

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-gang, es; m.
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The course of the sun. v. next word

án-dæge

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Dele last passage, for which see next word

Indea

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Dele, and see next word and India

ná-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðer, nóðer; pron.

Neither

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Hié náðer næfdon siððan, ne heora namon ne heora anweald, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 98, 7, Se ðe náðor nele, ne leornian ne tǽcan, Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Som. I, 34

Linked entries: náðor náwðer nóðer

cnot-mǽlum

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glosses strictim, Angl. xiii. 35, 201. v. next word

ge-fædera

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For 'godfather,' l. 2 substitute 'gossip.' v. next word

ofer-trúwa

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See next word. Add

swearc

(adj.)
Grammar
swearc, (?); adj.
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Weak, feeble, faint, v. next word, and swearcan

yfel-dónd

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Add:: Cf. gód-dónd, and see next word

weorn

(n.)
Grammar
weorn, (wearn?)
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Hét ðá of ðam líge lifgende bearn Nabocodonossor neár æt gangan; ne forhogodon ðæt ða hálgan, siþþan hí woruldcyninges weorn gehýrdon, Exon. Th. 197, 5 ; Az. 185. Cf. warenian, warenung

swátan

(n.)
Grammar
swátan, (swatan? v. Engl. Stud. viii. 479); pl.
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[Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]

swíðian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðian, p. ode.
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Ne wæs ðæt tó wundrianne ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne ðá hé mid Drihtne rícsade mid hine swíþode and genge wǽre nec mirandum preces regis illius iam cum Domino regnantis, multum valere apud eum, Bd. 3, 12; 8. 537, ig. to make firm, to fix Suíðigaþ figite

ge-brosnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brosnian, p. ode; pp. od
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., and odd: in a physical sense Ðú ne geðafast þæt mín líchama gebrosnige (nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem, Ps. 16, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 16, 27. Ðonne ðín flǽe; gebrosnod, Past. 249, 14: 251, 9. Míewíc syndon gebrosnode and gemolsnode, Bl.

ciern

(n.)
Grammar
ciern, es; n?

sapa

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Must or new wine toiled thick; sapa, Cot. 170: 184

wrǽt

Grammar
wrǽt, wrǽtt a plant. l. wrætt, and dele Lch. ii. 306, 18.
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See next two words

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