Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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mynster-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-þegnung, e; f.

Service done in a monastery

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Ben. 85, 17

ge-bétan

Grammar
ge-bétan, <b>; II.</b>
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Ben. 52, 5: 126. 3

un-bescoren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-bescoren, adj.

Unshorn ⬩ without the tonsure

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Ben. 135, 29

Linked entry: be-sceran

fore-cnyll

(n.)
Grammar
fore-cnyll, es; m.
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Ben. I. 82, 12

Linked entry: cnyll

fracoþ-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
fracoþ-scipe, es; m.
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Ben. 141, 5

forþ-rihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-rihtes, adv.
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Ben. I. 48, 6

á-dreógendlic

(adj.)

agendus, gerendus

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Ben. I. 37, 12. Lífes ádreógen(d)lices vite gerende, Hy. S. 103, 3

on-hefedness

(n.)
Grammar
on-hefedness, e; f.

Exaltation

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Ben. 23, 2

Linked entry: -hefedness

scrallettan

(v.)
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Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan snere wrǽstan lǽtan scralletan one shall sit with a harp at his lord's feet, bend the strings, mate them send forth loud sound, 332, 10; Vy. 83

be-hwyrfan

(v.)

to treat ⬩ direct ⬩ exercise ⬩ practice ⬩ tractare ⬩ exercere

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Ben. 32

óðerlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
óðerlíce, adv.
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Ben. 87, 19

ge-hírsumnes

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Ben. 84, 15

cwiferlíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 122, 2

fore-stæppung

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Ben. Lye.' substitute

Linked entry: stæppung

scirian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 54, 4. Add

smitta

(n.)
Grammar
smitta, (-e; f.?), an; m.

A smear, blot, mark, spot

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Ben. Interl. 4, 3. Smyttena naevorum, notarum Hpt. Gl. 421, 56

Linked entry: smytta

socc

(n.)
Grammar
socc, es; m.

A sock, kind of shoe ⬩ soccus, caliga, calicula ⬩ a sock.

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Ben. Interl. 92, 1

slápol

(adj.)
Grammar
slápol, adj.
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Ben. 17, 16. Se ðe wǽre slápol, weorðe se ful wacor, Wulfst. 72, 13. Ne beón gé tó slápole ne ealles tó sleace, 40, 21. Tó ðám Godes weorce árísende, heora ǽlc ððerne myngige, ðæt ða slápule (-an, MS. F. ) náne láde næbben, R. Ben. 47, 17.

gleáwscipe

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Ben. 52, 14. an argument, proof, calculation On þrím geárum ne mæg þes gleáwscipe standan, Angl. viii. 327, 16

trega

(n.)
Grammar
trega, an; m.

Pain ⬩ grief ⬩ vexation ⬩ hurt ⬩ ill

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Ben. 17, 11), R. Ben. Interl. 20, 10. Ic fleáh hlǽfdigan hete, tregan and teónan, Cd. Th. 137, 15; Gen. 2274. Ða twegen tregan (cf. ðyssa yfla hwæðer, 41), Met. 5, 42. Weá wæs árǽred, tregena tuddor, Cd. Th. 60, 27; Gen. 988

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