Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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æ
þ

ǽ

(int.)

alas!

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. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11

Dena mearc

(n.)

the land of the Danes

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the land of the Danes, Denmark, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 33

for-get

Grammar
for-get, = for-git, -giteþ; 3rd pres. sing. of for-gitan: for-getst

forgets ⬩ forgettest

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Lamb. 43, 24, =

lícwyrþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lícwyrþ-ness, e; f.
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Lamb. 88, 18

micel-sprecende

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-sprecende, adj.

Talking big ⬩ boasting

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Lamb. 11, 4

eard-éðel-riht

(n.)
Grammar
eard-éðel-riht, es; n.

Land-inheritance right, patrimonial right ⬩ patrium jus

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Land-inheritance right, patrimonial right;patrium jus Beo. Th. 4402; B. 2198

sealm-glig

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-glig, -gliw, es; n.
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Lamb. 143, 9

ge-edwistian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edwistian, p. ode; pp. od

To feed ⬩ support

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Lamb. 22, 2

Linked entry: edwistian

scínendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
scínendlíc, adj.
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Lamb. 18, 9

teónere

(n.)
Grammar
teónere, es; m.
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Lamb. 71, 4

un-hálig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hálig, adj.

Unholy

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Lamb. 42, 1

ge-défnes

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Lǽt mé mid gedéfnysse míne dagas geendian, Angl. xii. 499, 7. Add

reówe

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Add: In the last passage reón is another reading, Sch. 540, 9

teágan

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ꝥ land mid tó tégenne, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 521, 3. Add

be-werung

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Add: The Latin word translated in the last two passages is tutamentum

Bretenan-mere

(n.)
Grammar
Bretenan-mere, es; m.

The British mere or lake, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire ⬩ loci nomen apud Cambrenses

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The British mere or lake, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire; loci nomen apud Cambrenses, Som

brugdon

(v.)
Grammar
brugdon, p. pl. of bregdan.

laid hold of, drew ⬩ strinxerunt

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laid hold of, drew; strinxerunt, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 8; Gen. 1991;

smúgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
smúgendlíc, adj.

Creeping, reptile

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Lamb. 68, 35

tó-cwæstedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cwæstedness, e; f.

Destruction

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Lamb.) cessavit quassatio, Ps. Spl. 105, 29

dwelian

(v.)
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S. 25, 157. (2 a) of madness :-- Seó dohtor on wódum dreáme læg dweligende, Hml. Th. ii. 110, 19. of wrong conduct, to err Þú dwelast, geneálǽc and geoffra þíne lác, Hml. S. 14, 33.

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