bæc-slitol
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
Verb Class: Participle
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Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
bæc-slitol
, es;
m. [bæc
a back; slitol
a biter, from sliten,
pp. of slítan
to slit, bite]
A backbiter; detractor, Off. reg. 15.
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Cite the scanned version of the original dicionary like this:- Bosworth, Joseph. "bæc-slitol." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth. Ed. Thomas Northcote Toller. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898. 65.
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bæc-slitol
. Add :-- Sé ðe wǽre bæcslitol, weorðe sé wærsagol, Wlfst. 72, 16.