Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ǽ-festlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽ-festlíce, adv.

Religiously ⬩ religiose

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Religiously; religiose

æ-gylde

(adv.)
Grammar
æ-gylde, adv.

Without compensation

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Without compensation, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 13

æ-gype

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-gype, -gipe; adj.

Trifling ⬩ worthless ⬩ nugalis

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Trifling, worthless; nugalis Forðon hí dydan Drihtnes sprǽce ǽghwæs ægype quia exacerbaverunt eloquium Domini, Ps. Th. 106, 10

æ-hwyrfan

(v.)

To turn from ⬩ avert ⬩ avertere

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To turn from, avert; avertere, Ps. Spl. T. 53, 5

æ-melle

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-melle, adj.

Unsavoury ⬩ without taste ⬩ insipidus

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Unsavoury, without taste; insipidus, Cot. 116

æ-rest

(n.)
Grammar
æ-rest, es; m: e; f.

The resurrection

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The resurrection On lífes æreste in resurrectionem vitæ, Jn. Bos. 5, 29: Andr. Grm. 780: Exon. 37b; Th. 122, 29; Gú. 313

ǽ-risc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-risc, e; f. [eá running water, risc a rush]

A water-rush ⬩ bulrush ⬩ scirpus

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A water-rush, bulrush; scirpus, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Wrt. Voc. 31, 31

Linked entry: eá-risc

æ-ryst

(n.)
Grammar
æ-ryst, es; m: e; f.

The resurrection

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The resurrection Ða secgeaþ ðæt nán æryst ne sý qui dicunt non esse resurrectionem, Mt. Bos. 22, 23: 27, 53

æ-springnes

(n.)
Grammar
æ-springnes, -ness, e; f. [aspringan to fail]

A failing ⬩ fainting ⬩ defectio

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A failing, fainting ; defectio, Ps. Spl. T. 118, 53

æ-swáp

(n.)
Grammar
æ-swáp, es; n. pl. æswápa

Sweepings ⬩ dust ⬩ peripsema ⬩ purgamentum

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Sweepings, dust; peripsema, purgamentum

ǽ-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-wrítere, es; m.

A writer ⬩ composer or framer of laws ⬩ legurn conditor

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A writer, composer or framer of laws; legurn conditor, Prov. 8

ǽ-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-wylm, es; m.

A spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ source

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A spring, fountain, source Andlang Lígan óþ hire ǽwylm along the Lea unto its source, L.A.G. 1; Th. i. 152, 9

syndur-ae

Similar entry: synder-ǽ

tungol-æ

(n.)
Grammar
tungol-æ, f.
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Astronomy Tungelǽ astronomiam, legem astrorum, Hpt. Gl. 528, 60: Anglia xiii. 38, 307

ǽ-þrýtness

Grammar
ǽ-þrýtness, l. ǽ-þrytness,
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and add Ǽþrytnesse tedium, Hy. S. 133, 28. Ǽþretnysse, 25, 24

ǽ-werd

Grammar
ǽ-werd, -werdla.

Similar entry: ǽ-wird

ǽ-wilm

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Ðǽre anwilnesse ǽwilm is ofermétta, Past. 307, 2. ꝥ Add

Linked entries: ǽ-welm wilm

ǽ-smogu

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-smogu, pl. n.
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The slough of a snake; exuviae Sceal mon nǽdran ǽsmogu seóþan on ele, Lch. ii. 236, 4

Linked entry: in-smoh

ǽ-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-swíc, m. l. ǽ-swic; n., dele [ǽ law . . .] and add: — Néd is cumende ǽswic (scandala) ; hweþre þonne wá þǽm menn þe þurh hine ǽswic (scandalum) cymeþ, Mt. R. 18, 7. Ǽswice, wróhte insimulatione, .i. acussatione, An. Ox. 4842. Hé symble ús ætstandeþ tó ǽswice ad decipiendum semper assistat. Gr. D. 221, 15. In éswic
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in scandalum, Ps. Srt. 105, 36

ǽ-swíca

Grammar
ǽ-swíca, l. -swica, and add: — Ǽswica desertor, seductor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 12. Ðæt hé wǽre leás drý and scyldig ǽswica, Bl. H. 175, 8. Hé ongan hine cígan ǽswica (impostorem). Gr. D. 200, 13. Þára ǽswicena gástas
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apostatas spiritus, 304, 28

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