Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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þweorscipe

(n.)
Grammar
þweorscipe, es; m.

Perversity ⬩ iniquity ⬩ depravity

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Perversity, iniquity, depravity Se bið ðæm ísene gelíc inne on ðæm ofne, se ðe for ðære suingellan nyle his ðweorscipe forlǽtan, ac ofan his níhstan his lífes, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 6

eálá

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Eálá ðú láreów O magister ... eálá, gif hé gecyrde intó ðǽre byrig pro, si remeasset in urbem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 4-8. Eálá reówlic tíd wæs þæs geáres, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 26. Eálá hú leás is þysses middaneardes wela, 219, 6.

spearnlian

(v.)
Grammar
spearnlian, p. ode

To spurn ⬩ strike out with the feet ⬩ kick

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Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he (Sisera) struck out with his feet before her, Jud. 4, 21

Bret-walda

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-walda, an; m.

A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England ⬩ Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.

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A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England; Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.

æt-ícness

Grammar
æt-ícness, v. tó-ætícness, and æt-ýcnes
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Linked entry: -ícness

an-ýwan

Grammar
an-ýwan, v. on-íwan
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ár-dæg

Grammar
ár-dæg, v. weorþung-dæg
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amore

Grammar
amore, v. omer
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asce-geswáp

Grammar
asce-geswáp, v. swǽpa (
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an-hefedness

Grammar
an-hefedness, v. on-hefedness
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an-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
an-hende, v. on-hende
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Linked entry: -hende

an-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
an-líce, v. on-líce
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an-speca

Grammar
an-speca, v. on-spreca
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an-tállic

(adj.)
Grammar
an-tállic, Cf. un-tállíce
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ambehtsum-ness

Grammar
ambehtsum-ness, v. embehtsumnes
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belgness

Grammar
belgness, v. bælignis
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cípe-hús

Grammar
cípe-hús, v. cǽpe-hús
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ciris-treów

Grammar
ciris-treów, v. cyrs-treów
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císe-wicu

Grammar
císe-wicu, v. cýs-wuce
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Linked entry: wicu

deáþbǽr-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþbǽr-lic, (deád-). v. deádbǽr-lic
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