Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

under-irnan

(v.)

to under-runrun beneathsuccurrere

Entry preview:

Ðonne seó sunne hí hæfð ealle underurnen, 246, 10. ¶ As a gloss of succurrere : -- Underiorn succurre, Rtl. 43, 17

heaþu-sigel

Entry preview:

Ph. 120 Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas heá oferhlifað (the original Latin has no reference to the sea: Ubi sol pepulit fulgentis limina portae). Add:

á-deorcian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Substitute: To become dark, become tarnished Sunne áþýstrað and móna ádeorcað, Wlfst. 92, 21. Nú hit (a)deo(rcað) en tetrica aura est, An. Ox. 56, 200. Hwý is ðis gold ádeorcad ( obscuratum )? Past. 133, 10

Linked entry: deorcian

eáþ-begeáte

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-begeáte, (? cf.
Entry preview:

Easy to get Gyf þý æfteran dæg sunne scýneþ, þonne byð on Ængelcynne gold eáðbegeáte, Lch. iii. 166, 1. Þás wýrta sindon betste tó þon and eáðbegeátra[n], ii. 226, 25

blǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
blǽcan, blǽcean; p. de; pp. ed

To BLEACH, whiten, fadepallidum colorem inducere, albicare

Entry preview:

Ne mæg ne sunne blǽcan no sun can bleach, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 20: blǽcean, note 20

Linked entry: blǽc

gebed-gíht

Grammar
gebed-gíht, l. -gíht,
Entry preview:

Cf. sunn-gíhte

Linked entry: gíht

up-gang

(n.)
Grammar
up-gang, es; m.

a going uprising of a heavenly bodya going upa landingan incursiona way of going up

Entry preview:

a going up, rising of a heavenly body Sunnon upgong æt middan sumere ortus solis solstitialis, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 34. Æfter sunnan upgonge, L. Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 20. Ǽr sunnan upgange, Lchdm. ii. 306, 17. Æt sunnan upgonge, Nar. 27, 17.

Linked entry: up-gange

circul

(n.)
Grammar
circul, es; m.

A circle, the zodiaccirculus, zodiacus = ζωδιακός

Entry preview:

Ætýwdan feówer circulas onbútan ðære sunnan four circles appeared round the sun, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 17.

for-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweorcan, he -sworceþ; p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen [sweorcan to dim]

To be very darkto darkenobscurecalīgāreobscūrāre

Entry preview:

Seó sunne biþ forsworcen sol obscūrābĭtur, Mt. Bos. 24, 29. On forsworcenan in obscūro, Prov. 7

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To grow long Ðonne se dæg langaþ ðonne gǽþ seó sunne norþweard óþ ðæt heó becymþ tó ðam tácne ðe is geháten Cancer. Lchdm. iii. 250, 9. Se langienda dæg, 252, 6, 9. Eft on langiendum dagum hé ofergǽþ ðone súðran sunnstede, 14

Linked entry: ge-længed

ge-fædlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Miht ðú ásmeágan hú gefædlíce ( in how orderly a manner ) seó sunne gesíhð on þám dægmǽle, eall swylce sum getýd wer sitte and sum metervers mid his feðere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 21. Add

á-þeóstrian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Se móna mæg ðá sunnan áþeóstrian (á-þýstrian,v. l.), Lch. iii. 242, 25 uncertain in the case of past ptcpl. Seó eorðe wæs gesworcen and áðýstrod, Ps. Th. 17, 9. Wearð middaneard áðeóstrod, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 34.

wlite-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
wlite-torht, adj.

Brilliantsplendid

Entry preview:

Brilliant, splendid Wlitetorht scíneþ sunna. Met. 28, 60. Wyrta wlitetorhtra, Exon. Th. 484, 5 ; Rä. 70, 3

swearcian

(v.)
Grammar
swearcian, p. ode.
Entry preview:

to make or to become dark Seó swearcigende sunne and ða gesceafta samod ealne middaneard áðeóstrodon mid sweartre nihte for heora Scyppendes ðrowunge, Homl.

Linked entry: swarcian

ǽr-woruld

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-woruld, e; f.

The former worldpristinus mundus

Entry preview:

The former world; pristinus mundus Ðonne weorþeþ sunne sweart gewended, on blódes hiw, seó ðe beorhte scán ofer ǽrworuld then the sun shall be turned swart, to hue of blood, which shone brightly over the former world, Exon. 21b; Th. 58, 17; Cri. 937

beorhte

(adv.)
Grammar
beorhte, adv.

Distinctlyclearlylucidlybrightlyclare

Entry preview:

Ðonne seó sunne beorhtost scíneþ when the sun shines brightest Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Beo. Th. 3039; B. 1517

winter-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
winter-lǽcan, p. lǽhte
Entry preview:

To draw near to winter Swá seó sunne súðor bið swá hit swíþor winterlǽcð the further south the sun is, the nearer are we to winter, Lchdm. iii. 252, 2. Ðá hit winterlǽhte, ða férde seó fyrd hám, Chr. 1006; Th. i. 256, 15

rípian

(v.)
Grammar
rípian, p. ode
Entry preview:

Dó ðæt sunne scíne ðæt ðíne æceras rípion cause the sun to shine, that thy fields may ripen, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 3. Rípian maturescere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 27 : Hpt. Gl. 419, 64

Linked entry: rípan

slícian

(v.)
Grammar
slícian, p. ode

To make sleek, smooth, or glossy

Entry preview:

To make sleek, smooth, or glossy Heó glytenode swá scýnende sunne oððe nígslýcod hrægel, Shrn. 149, 8. Alle þine wordes beoþ isliked, And so bisemed and biliked,O. and N. 841. Wordes afaited and ysliked, Ayenb. 212, 2.

Linked entries: slíc slýcod slic

þurh-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-beorht, adj.

Very brightsplendid

Entry preview:

Heora nebwlite ongann tó scínenne swilce seó þurhbeorhte sunne, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 820. fig. Swá micele máran eádmódnysse ðú sý þurhbeorht ( perspicuus ), swá micele swá máran wurþnysse foresett ðú eart, Scittt. 22, 17.

Linked entry: þurh-scínendlíc