Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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bróm

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. ¶ the word occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. pp. 263-4. Add

ceoler

Grammar
ceoler, (-or).
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(v. preceding word.) Chelor gurgustium, Txts. 112, 52. [O. L. Ger. kelor gurgustium (Gall. 464): O. H. Ger. celur. Grff. iv. 385. v. Job, c. 40. v. 26.] Cf. ceosol

hind-berige

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Hind*-*berge erimo, 29, 40. the word seems to be used of the strawberry also: Hindberian flaga, 38, 62. Add

wind

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The word is a gloss on a passage in Bd. I. 19 : Incendium ad habitaculum . .. flabris stimulantibus ferebatur, Txts. 181, 72

sige-wang

(n.)
Grammar
sige-wang, es ; m.
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A plain where victory is won, a glorious plain. where actual fighting has taken place Se mǽsta dǽl ðæs heriges læg on ðam sigewonge, Judth.

hearm

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm, herm; adj.

Causing harm or sorrow, grievous, injurious, evil, malicious

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Ne hyld ðú míne heortan ðæt ic hearme word þuruh inwitstæf útforlǽte ut non declines cor meum in verbum malum, Ps. Th. 140, 5

fór-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-rídan, p. -rád, pl. -ridon; pp. -riden

To ride beforeinterceptpræequĭtāreintercĭpĕre

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Ða men hie fóran fórridan mehton bútan geweorce the men they might intercept outside the work, 894; Erl. 93, 11

heoru

(n.)
Grammar
heoru, heoro, hioro; m.

A sword

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The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds

Linked entries: heoro hioro

mǽg-scír

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-scír, e; f.

A division of a people, containing the kinsmen of a particular family

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A division of a people, containing the kinsmen of a particular family Teá monna látwu ofer téno oððe of mégscíre is decanus super x. vel decurio (the glosser seems to have taken de as a separate word) est, Rtl. 193, 19

swátan

(n.)
Grammar
swátan, (swatan? v. Engl. Stud. viii. 479); pl.
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[Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]

treów-steall

(n.)
Grammar
treów-steall, es; n.
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Cf. wæter-steall, and next word

twi-gilde

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
twi-gilde, (?), es; n.
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., where, however, the word might be taken as a case of the noun; cf. án-gilde which is a noun ), L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 20

þorfan

(v.)
Grammar
þorfan, p. te
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Cf. þearfan, and see next word

cwild-seten

Grammar
cwild-seten, v. cwyld-seten
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Gl. 514, 17), 4658: 2, 363: 8, 271. v. next word

cwíþ-ness

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Hé sealde hine sylfne in wóp and in cwíðnesse sese in lamentis dedit, 207, 8. In hefige cýþnesse (cwíðnesse, v. l.) in gravibus lamentationibus, 120, 7. Add

Linked entry: cýþ-ness

clæppettan

(v.)
Grammar
clæppettan, to throb.
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P. 29) campus, 103, 27. v. preceding word. Add

geótend-ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
geótend-ǽder, e; f.
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See preceding word

mis-dǽd

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Unrihthǽmed, árleásta fela, mán and morðor, mis-dǽda worn, Met. 9. 7. Úrum misdǽdum impietatibus nostris, Ps. Th. 64, 3, Áhwerf nú fram synnum and fram misdédum mínra gylta þíne ansióne averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis, Ps. C. 84. Add

hleahtor-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor-smiþ, es; m.

One who causes laughter, mirth, joy

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One who causes laughter, mirth, joy Wóp wæs wíde worulddreáma lyt wǽron hleahtorsmiþum handa belocne widespread was the wailing and little of this world's joys, the hands of those who wrought laughter were closed, Cd. 144; Th. 180, 10; Exod. 43

and-wyrdan

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Onduearda (-worda, R. ), Mk. L. 14, 40