Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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hwæt-hweganunges

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See preceding word. Add

lunger

(adj.)
Grammar
lunger, adj.
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Ger. lungar strenuus, expeditus. '] See next word

Linked entry: ceás-lunger

ge-swǽsnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swǽsnys, se; f.

A sweet word ⬩ a compliment ⬩ an enticement ⬩ allurement ⬩ a dainty ⬩ blanditia

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A sweet word, a compliment, an enticement, allurement, a dainty; blanditia Geswǽsnyssa blanditiæ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 17

mamor

(n.)
Grammar
mamor, es; m.

Deep sleep ⬩ unconsciousness

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sopor, Wrt.Voc. ii. 120, 82. v. next word

Linked entries: momna mamera

pistol-rocc

(n.)
Grammar
pistol-rocc, es; m.
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The vestment worn when reading the epistle v. fulle mæssereáf, ii. dalmatica, iii. pistolroccas, Chart. Th. 429, 22

siru-tún

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 54, 27. v. preceding word. (?)

Linked entry: syretum

þeów-racian

(v.)
Grammar
þeów-racian, þeów-wracian, p. ode
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Spl. 102, 9. v. next word

wícing-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
wícing-sceaþa, an; m.
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Voc. 68, 12. v. next word

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, wered, es; n.
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Th. 996 ; B. 496. v. preceding word, and weorod-ness

wirged

(n.)
Grammar
wirged, es; m.

An accursed being ⬩ the devil

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Rush. 13, 19. v. preceding word

wulf-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
wulf-hliþ, es; n.

A hill where the wolf has its den

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A hill where the wolf has its den Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ, wulfhleoþu, Beo. Th. 2720; B. 1358

be-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þeówan, p. -þeówde, -þeódde (v. þeówan to serve)

To serve

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To serve Beþeóddan inserviunt (v. l. to inheserunt in passage given under previous word), R. Ben. 134, 20

Linked entries: þeówan þeówan

cærs-will

(n.)
Grammar
cærs-will, es; m.
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D. iii. 384, 19. v. preceding word

ge-dysigian

(v.)
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Spl. 94, 9. v. next word

scerwen

Grammar
scerwen, scerpen (?).
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; according to the facsimile reprint of the Vercelli codex the word is scerwen in An. 1528

un-onwendedlic

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See next word

Linked entry: on-wendedlic

wudu-fald

(n.)
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a fold in a wood Æt ðám ealdan wudufald; forð syððan be efisce, C. D. v. 281, 33

ofer-hlýde

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hlýde, adj.

Over-loud, noisy

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Similar entries v. preceding word

of-þrysman

(v.)
Grammar
of-þrysman, -þrysmian

to destroy by choking

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to destroy by choking Gewilnunga ðæt word ofþrysmaþ (-þrysmiaþ, MS. A. ) concupiscentiae verbum suffocant. Mk. Skt. 4, 19

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

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