Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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píslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
píslíce, adv.
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Rush. 11, 53. v. preceding word

scóm-hylt

(n.)
Grammar
scóm-hylt, e; f.
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A shady wood, thicket, shrubbery Scoomhylti frutices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 60. [Cf. (?) Icel. skúmi shade, dusk.] Cf. holt

scyld-frecu

(n.)
Grammar
scyld-frecu, e;
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f Guilty greed Mé ( Eve ) scyhte tó scyldfrece fáh wyrm þurh fægir word, Cd. Th. 55, 23; Gen. 898

Linked entry: frecu

seonu-ben

(n.)
Grammar
seonu-ben, seonu-benn, e; f.
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Th. 328, 17; Vy. 19. v. next word

stán-scilig

(adj.)
Grammar
stán-scilig, adj.
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Skt. 4, 5, 16. v. preceding word

Linked entry: scilig

sýfer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sýfer-líc, (?); adj.
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Sober, moderate Séferlíce sobriam (but the termination of the Latin word is doubtful, v. note), Hymn. Surt. 16, 21

wudu-weard

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-weard, es; m.

A wood-keeper ⬩ forester

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A wood-keeper, forester Be wuduwearde. Wuduwearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19; Th. i. 440, 9

cýþing

(n.)
Grammar
cýþing, e; f.
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A mating known, telling, narration Þá word mínre kýðinge (segene, v. l.) narrationis meae verba, Gr. D. 86, 14

den-stów

(n.)
Grammar
den-stów, e; f.
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B. iii. 144, 21. v. preceding word

ge-bearo

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bearo, (?); n. (m. ?)
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A wood On wítan stán on ðæt gebeare norðeweardne (cf. on easteweordne ácbeara, 26), C. D. v. 232, 36

hearpene

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gloss upon which the word has been based is:

streát

(adj.)
Grammar
streát, (?); adj.
Entry preview:

See preceding word

teón-word

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Þá hǽþenan weras his word hefiglíce onféngcon, and hine mid teónwordum ( injuriis ) éhtende wǽron, Gr. D. 250, 20. Add

dilmeng

(n.)
Grammar
dilmeng, dilemeng(?)
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See next word

hefeldian

(v.)
Grammar
hefeldian, hefaldian

to fix the weft or woof

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to fix the weft or woof Ic hefaldige ordior, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 73; Wrt. Voc. 59, 42

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morning ⬩ dilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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To ǽfenne þurhwunaþ wóp and on dægréd blisse ad vespĕrum demorābĭtur fletus et ad matutīnum lætĭtia, Ps. Lamb. 29, 6: Gen. 32, 22.

cál

(n.)
Grammar
cál, es; m.
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A herb, wild cole-wort; arboracia, lapsana? — Cál arboracia vel lapsana? Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 73; Wrt. Voc. 32, 9

Linked entry: cawel

flǽsc-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-wyrm, es; m.

A FLESH-WORM ⬩ maggot ⬩ tĕrēdo ⬩ vermis carnem infestans

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A FLESH-WORM, maggot; tĕrēdo, vermis carnem infestans Wið flǽscwyrmum against flesh-worms, L. M. 1, 51; Lchdm. ii. 124, 19

mene-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
mene-scilling, es; m.

A coin worn as an ornament

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A coin worn as an ornament Menescillingas lunules, Ep. Gl. 13 b, 37: Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 15. Mynescillingas, 49, 72

græft-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
græft-geweorc, es; n.
Entry preview:

Carved or graven work, a graven image Ne wirce ðú græftgeweorc thou shalt not make any graven image, Deut. 5, 8

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