Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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dwalian

(v.)
Grammar
dwalian, p. ede ; pp. ed

To err ⬩ errāre

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Lamb. 57, 4

Linked entry: dwolian

for-swulgen

(v.)
Grammar
for-swulgen, subj. p. pl. of for-swelgan.

would have swallowed up or devoured

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Lamb. 123, 4;

for-wyrst

Grammar
for-wyrst, he -wyrþ

shalt perish ⬩ perishes

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Lamb. 1, 6;

-læpped

(suffix)
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having laps or lobes Fíf-læppedu, Lchdm. ii. 160, 12

niht-hróc

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hróc, es; m.

The night-rook ⬩ raven

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Lamb. 101, 7

ge-hyldan

(v.)

to bend ⬩ incline

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Lamb. 16, 11

ge-lend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lend, e; f.

Fat ⬩ lard ⬩ adeps ⬩ axungia

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Fat, lard; adeps, axungia, Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 35

staþolfæstnung

(n.)
Grammar
staþolfæstnung, e; f.
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Lamb. 136, 7

sylu

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Þæt land æt þǽre syle, Cht. Th. 547, 28. Add

sprǽcful

(adj.)
Grammar
sprǽcful, adj.

Talkative, loquacious

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Lamb. 139, 12

folc-lond

(n.)

folk-land ⬩ pŏpŭli terra

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folk-land; pŏpŭli terra, Exon. 115b; Th. 444, 14; Kl. 47

sicet

(n.)
Grammar
sicet, sicett, es; n.
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Lamb. 30, 10

un-gefylledlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefylledlíc, adj.

Insatiable

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Lamb. 100, 5: Nar. 42, 12

dryht

Entry preview:

Take here last two passages given under driht-ealdor in Dict

ge-cólian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cólian, p. ode
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Hrér tósomne, lǽt gecólian, Lch. ii. 354, 13

lǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽge, (?); adj.
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Fallow, unploughed; in cpds. lǽg-æcer, C. D. iii. 442, 9

un-bebyriged

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Þæt líc læg unbebyrged, Gr. D. 318, 6; 154, 25. Add

and-wlata

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Hleór geþolade oft and[w]lata árleásra spátl, Cri. 1436

mearc-ísen

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Dele last passage, and add Mercísene cauterio, An. Ox. 2, 61

hleór-bán

(n.)
Grammar
hleór-bán, es; n.

Cheek-bone, ⬩ temple

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Lamb. 131, 5

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