Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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swég

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<b>II a.</b> add :-- Hig deóplíce þá stefna þǽs lyftes swége gesleáð, and mid þǽre tungan clypole þæne swég gewynsumiað, Angl. viii. 313, 15. <b>II b.

drisn

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Cf. rúh, <b>I,</b> and dreósan), Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 39. Add

eár-loccas

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>eár-locc</b>, es; m. An ear-lock (v. N. E. D.), a lock of hair over or above the ear Eárloccas antiae, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 49

ge-lómlǽcing

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Substitute: a frequent doing, repeated action, v. ge-lómlǽcan; <b>II a.</b> translating frequentia Hí módes mid ecge andwerdnysse Godes and engla geférrǽdenne gelómlǽcinge ( frequentiam) besceáwiað, Scint. 62, 16

grunian

(v.)
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Add: and <b>grunnian.</b> to grunt Grunian (grunnian, An. Ox. 4337) grunnire, Hpt. Gl. 507, 15. to make a noise when chewing the cud (?) Grunað ruminat, Scint. 54, 15

be-brugdon

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-brugdon, p. of be-bregdan.

they pretended

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they pretended,Lk. Lind. War. 20, 20;

básnung

(n.)
Grammar
básnung, e; f.

Expectation ⬩ exspectatio

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Expectation; exspectatio, Lk. Lind. War. 21, 26

camal

(n.)
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Lk. Lind. War. 18, 25

bi-fǽrende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bi-fǽrende, part.

Passing by

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Passing by, Lk. Lind. War. 18, 36

ge-sagu

(n.)

a narration

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a narration, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 1

Linked entry: sagu

scripen

Grammar
scripen, scripende gloss
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Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 21

ge-hlinung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlinung, e; f.
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Resting, reclining Gihlionunga, Lk. R. 17, 7

Linked entry: hlinung

ofer-plantian

(v.)
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glosses trans-plantare, Lk. L. 17, 6

dúreras

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>dur-here,</b> es; m. A folding-door Durhere sualdam, Txts. 96, 925. Durheri valvam, 104, 1053. Dureras vualbas (aulae coelestis valvas, Ald. 139, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 16

ears-ende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ears-ende, m.
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Substitute: <b>ears-endu;</b> pl. n. The buttocks Ears*-*endu nates, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 36: Lch. i. lxxi, 9. Earsenda, lxxiv, 19: Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 61: ii. 60, 38

ge-smiten

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-smítan;</b> pp. -smiten To smear, daub Gáte flǽsc gebærned tó áhsan mid wǽtere on gesmiten. Lch. ii. 72, 9. Blód gesmiten on þæs seócan mannes wambe, 236, 17

gild-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gild-dæg, es; m.
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A day for a religious ceremony, v. gildan; <b>IV,</b> gild; Gelddagas (geldagas, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 54), þæt sind hálige cerimonia vel orgia Wülck. Gl. 107, 22. Cf. freóls-dæg

gird-weg

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Take here <b>gyrd-weg</b> in Dict., and add: A road made with faggots(?) Of fearnhege an gerdwege; of gerdwege tó fíf ácan, C. D. iii. 54, 27. Cf. beám-weg

díglian

(v.)
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<b>I a.</b> to hide something from a person :-- Of þysum þe hý dýgledon mé, 30, 5

a-legde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-legde, p. of a-lecgan.

should lay

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should lay,Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 31;

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