Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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líc-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
líc-pytt, es; m.

A grave

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Gr. 9, 51; Som. 13, 17

lyðer-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lyðer-líce, adv.

Wickedly ⬩ vilely

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Gl. 99; Som. 76, 101; Wrt. Voc. 54, 45

mealt-hús

(n.)
Grammar
mealt-hús, es; n.

A malt-house ⬩ brationarium

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Gl. 108; Som. 78, 127; Wrt. Voc. 58, 38

mete-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
mete-fisc, es; m.

An edible fish

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Gr. 9, 8; Som. 9, 10

blód-lǽtere

(n.)
Grammar
blód-lǽtere, es; m.

A blood letter ⬩ phlebotomarius

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Gl. 17; Som. 58, 93; Wrt. Voc. 22, 10

Linked entry: lǽtere

gén-lád

(n.)
Grammar
gén-lád, e; f.

An arm of the sea, into which a river discharges itself ⬩ brachium oceani

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An arm of the sea, into which a river discharges itself; brachium oceani, Som

þúfe

(adj.)
Grammar
þúfe, adj.

Tufted ⬩ having leaves in tufts(?) ⬩ bushy

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, bushy Þúfe þistel sow thistle, Lchdm. ii, 312, 20

Linked entry: þífe-þorn

á-blindan

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Substitute: p. de To make blind Hié wurdon sóna áblinde, Bl. H. 151, 4

Linked entries: á-blendar blindan

fore-settendlic

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For 'Som. Ben. Lye.' substitute

hearm-sprǽc

calumny

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For 'Som.' substitute

un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíce, adv.
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Indubitably, unhesitatingly Untweógendlíce (incunctanter) hé mæg beón ongyten sóð martyr, Gr. D. 231, 21

healf-trendel

(n.)
Grammar
healf-trendel, es; n.

A hemisphere

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Gl. 49; Som. 65, 71: Wrt. Voc. 34, 6

cræfta

(n.)
Grammar
cræfta, an; m. [cræft art]

An artist ⬩ a craftsman ⬩ workman ⬩ artifex

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Gr. 10; Som. 14, 43

hnýlung

(n.)
Grammar
hnýlung, e; f.

A kneeling, ⬩ reclining ⬩ accubitus,

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Gl. 65; Som. 69, 52; Wrt. Voc. 41, 9

and-timber

(n.)
Grammar
and-timber, an-, on-, es; n.

Matter ⬩ materials ⬩ substance ⬩ a theme ⬩ materies ⬩ materia ⬩ thema

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Gr. 12; Som. 15, 54. Antimber thema, 9, 1; Som. 8, 21

Linked entries: an-timber on-timber

ed-roc

(n.)
Grammar
ed-roc, es; m.

A chewing again, chewing the cud, considering ⬩ rūmen, rumĭnātio

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Gl. 72; Som. 70, 116; Wrt. Voc. 43, 43. Cíwung vel edroc, vel aceócung rumĭnātio, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 121, 122; Wrt. Voc. 54, 62

Linked entries: rocc -roc ed-rec ed-recan ed-ric

flot-scip

(n.)
Grammar
flot-scip, es; n.

A floating ship ⬩ light bark ⬩ barca ⬩ cĕlox

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Gl. 103; Som. 77, 100; Wrt. Voc. 56, 22: Glos. Brux. Recd. 37, 18; Wrt. Voc. 63, 32. Flotscip cĕlox, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 114; Wrt. Voc. 56, 34

a-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-yrnan, he -yrnþ ; p. -arn, pl. -urnon ; pp. -urnen [a out, yrnan to run]

To run over ⬩ to pass or go over ⬩ pass ⬩ go ⬩ præterire ⬩ decurrere

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A-urnen biþ is run out, passed, Som

Linked entry: a-urnen

ge-mǽne-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne-líc, adj.

Common, general ⬩ communis, generalis

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Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 31

æmtigean

(v.)

to be at leisure

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Gf. 33; Som. 37, 14

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